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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Sections 1.1, 4, 6, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 12, and 18 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 610/1.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 149.1)
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8 | Sec. 1.1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | ||||||
9 | requires:
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10 | (a) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the | ||||||
11 | State of
Illinois.
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12 | (b) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
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13 | association, corporation or other business entity.
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14 | (c) "Renderer" means any person who, for other than human | ||||||
15 | consumption,
collects, cooks and processes bodies or parts of | ||||||
16 | bodies of dead animals,
poultry or fish, or used cooking grease | ||||||
17 | and oils, for the purpose of
salvaging hides, wool, skins or | ||||||
18 | feathers, and
for the production of animal, poultry, or fish | ||||||
19 | protein, blood meal,
bone meal, grease or tallow.
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20 | (d) "Blender" means any person who acquires inedible | ||||||
21 | by-products of
bodies or parts of bodies of dead animals, | ||||||
22 | poultry or fish, or used
cooking grease and oils, for the | ||||||
23 | purpose of
blending them to obtain a desired percentage of |
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1 | protein, degree of quality
or color for use in animal feed, | ||||||
2 | poultry feed or fertilizers.
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3 | (e) "Collection center" means any place where bodies or | ||||||
4 | parts of bodies
of dead animals, poultry or fish, or used | ||||||
5 | cooking grease and cooking oils, are collected
for loading into | ||||||
6 | a permitted vehicle for delivery to the renderer.
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7 | (f) "Permittee" means any person issued a vehicle permit | ||||||
8 | under the
provisions
of this Act.
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9 | (g) "Licensee" means any person licensed under the | ||||||
10 | provisions of this Act.
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11 | (h) "Rendering materials" means bodies or parts of bodies | ||||||
12 | of dead animals,
poultry or fish, or used cooking grease and | ||||||
13 | oils.
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14 | (i) "Animal collection service" means a company that | ||||||
15 | conveys dead animals
to a landfill facility licensed under the | ||||||
16 | Environmental Protection Act when no
rendering service is | ||||||
17 | available.
Waste haulers collecting waste in which a dead | ||||||
18 | animal is included incidental
to such waste shall not be | ||||||
19 | considered an "animal collection service"
activity.
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20 | (j) "Grease and oil collector" means any person who | ||||||
21 | collects for reuse or recycling used cooking grease and cooking | ||||||
22 | oils in a permitted vehicle for delivery to a grease and | ||||||
23 | cooking oil processor for purposes other than rendering or | ||||||
24 | blending. | ||||||
25 | (k) "Grease and oil processor" means any person who stores, | ||||||
26 | filters, processes, or distributes for reuse or recycling used |
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1 | cooking grease and cooking oils for uses other than rendering | ||||||
2 | or blending. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 88-133.)
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4 | (225 ILCS 610/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 152)
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5 | Sec. 4.
Application for such license shall be made to the | ||||||
6 | Department on
forms provided by it, which application shall set | ||||||
7 | forth the name and
residence of the applicant, classification | ||||||
8 | of license or licenses
requested, his place or proposed place | ||||||
9 | of business, and the particular
method which he intends to | ||||||
10 | employ in disposing of rendering material
and such other | ||||||
11 | information as the
Department may require. The licenses shall | ||||||
12 | be classified according to type
of plant operated. Renderer: | ||||||
13 | Class "A"--dead animals only; Class "B"--parts
of bodies of | ||||||
14 | animals, scrap, bones, fat, used cooking grease
and oils; Class | ||||||
15 | "C"--poultry or parts of poultry and Class "D"--fish
or parts | ||||||
16 | of fish; Blender: Class "E"; Collection Center: Class
"F"; | ||||||
17 | Animal Collection Service: Class "G" ; grease and oil processor: | ||||||
18 | Class "H" .
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19 | (Source: P.A. 88-133.)
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20 | (225 ILCS 610/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 154)
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21 | Sec. 6.
On the receipt of the certification described in | ||||||
22 | Section 5,
and the payment of the fee provided herein, the
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23 | Department shall issue a license to the applicant to conduct | ||||||
24 | such business
at the place specified in the application for one |
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1 | calendar year or for
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2 | at the time the license is issued.
No license shall be issued | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | for a plant not located
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4 | Illinois. No license issued under
this Section is transferable.
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5 | The following nonrefundable fees shall accompany each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | application for a
license.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 88-133 .)
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1 | (225 ILCS 610/9.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 157.1)
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2 | Sec. 9.1.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 14, no | ||||||
3 | person shall
operate a vehicle used to transport rendering | ||||||
4 | materials or used cooking grease or cooking oils in this State | ||||||
5 | without
a vehicle permit issued by the Department or without | ||||||
6 | complying with this
Act. Applications for vehicle permits shall | ||||||
7 | be accepted only from licensed
renderers and grease and oil | ||||||
8 | processors and shall include the name and address of the | ||||||
9 | proposed permittee,
the location of
the place or intended place | ||||||
10 | of the proposed permittee's business, the number
and types of | ||||||
11 | vehicles to be used by the proposed permittee and such other
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12 | information as may be required by regulations of the | ||||||
13 | Department. Owners
or operators of vehicles not owned by | ||||||
14 | licensed renderers or grease and oil processors in this State | ||||||
15 | shall
secure a permit through the licensed renderer , or | ||||||
16 | renderers , or grease and oil processors to whom the
rendering
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17 | material or used cooking grease and cooking oil
will be | ||||||
18 | delivered. The Department shall issue a Class 1 permit for the
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19 | transporting of dead animals, fish or poultry; a Class 2 permit | ||||||
20 | for
transporting
parts of bodies of animals, scrap, bones, fat, | ||||||
21 | or used cooking grease and
oils; a Class 3 permit for | ||||||
22 | transporting hides; and a Class 4 permit
for transporting | ||||||
23 | bodies or parts of bodies of dead animals, poultry or fish to
a | ||||||
24 | landfill as an animal collection service.
Permits issued
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25 | hereunder
shall be renewable annually during December of each | ||||||
26 | year. All vehicle permits
not
renewed during December of each |
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1 | year shall expire on December 31 of that
year. A $10 fee shall | ||||||
2 | accompany each application for a vehicle permit or
renewal | ||||||
3 | thereof.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 88-133.)
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5 | (225 ILCS 610/9.2) (from Ch. 8, par. 157.2)
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6 | Sec. 9.2.
Each vehicle issued a Class 1 permit shall have | ||||||
7 | the inscription
"Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Permit No. ...", | ||||||
8 | as assigned; each truck
granted a Class 2 permit shall have the | ||||||
9 | inscription "Illinois Scrap and
Grease Permit No. ...", as | ||||||
10 | assigned; and each truck granted a Class 3 permit
shall have | ||||||
11 | the inscription "Illinois Hide Permit No. ...", as assigned.
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12 | All of these inscriptions shall be painted in a conspicuous | ||||||
13 | place in
contrasting
color on the left side of the bed of the | ||||||
14 | vehicle in letters not less than
3 inches high. If the vehicle | ||||||
15 | transporting the rendering material or used cooking grease and | ||||||
16 | cooking oil or
conveying dead animals to a landfill is not
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17 | van type truck, the vehicle bed, as well as any properly | ||||||
18 | identified tanks
or barrels used for the transportation of | ||||||
19 | rendering material, or used cooking grease and cooking oil when | ||||||
20 | loaded
or partially loaded, shall be covered when traveling | ||||||
21 | highways of the State
of Illinois. Vehicle beds shall be | ||||||
22 | leak-proof or constructed so that no
drippings or seepage can | ||||||
23 | escape.
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24 | Collection vehicles containing rendering material or used | ||||||
25 | cooking grease and cooking oil or used for
transporting dead |
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1 | animals, poultry, fish,
or parts of bodies thereof shall be | ||||||
2 | thoroughly scrubbed and disinfected
after hauling each load, or | ||||||
3 | before proceeding for another load. All vehicle
beds shall be | ||||||
4 | painted as necessary, and kept in good condition and repair
at | ||||||
5 | all times.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 88-133.)
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7 | (225 ILCS 610/9.3) (from Ch. 8, par. 157.3)
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8 | Sec. 9.3.
All permittees shall record each collection of | ||||||
9 | rendering materials or used cooking grease and cooking oil ,
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10 | setting forth the date, quantity and description of rendering | ||||||
11 | material or used cooking grease and cooking oil collected,
and | ||||||
12 | the person to whom such material was delivered. The permittee | ||||||
13 | shall
give a receipt to every person from whom the permittee | ||||||
14 | collects rendering
materials or used cooking grease and cooking | ||||||
15 | oil . The original of such records, and a copy of all receipts | ||||||
16 | given
by the permittee for rendering material or used cooking | ||||||
17 | grease and cooking oil shall be retained by the permittee
until | ||||||
18 | the rendering materials or used cooking grease and cooking oil | ||||||
19 | are delivered to their destination. Thereafter,
the record and | ||||||
20 | receipt shall be retained by the permittee for a minimum
of 3 | ||||||
21 | months and shall be available for inspection by authorized | ||||||
22 | personnel
of the Department.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 83-760.)
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24 | (225 ILCS 610/12) (from Ch. 8, par. 160)
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1 | Sec. 12.
The Department shall make such reasonable | ||||||
2 | regulations for the
carrying on and conduct of such business as | ||||||
3 | it may deem advisable and all
persons engaged in such business | ||||||
4 | shall comply therewith.
The Department, or its | ||||||
5 | representatives, in performing the duties vested
in it under | ||||||
6 | this Act is empowered to enter, during usual working hours, any
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7 | premises, buildings, or other places where dead animals or used | ||||||
8 | cooking grease and cooking oil may be found, for
the purpose of | ||||||
9 | administering the provisions of this Act.
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10 | Licensees shall comply with rules, bulletins, manuals of | ||||||
11 | procedure and
guidelines pertaining to renderers and blenders | ||||||
12 | and the handling and
distribution of condemned or inedible meat | ||||||
13 | or poultry products which
implement the federal Meat Inspection | ||||||
14 | Act and the federal Poultry
Inspection Act. Such rules, | ||||||
15 | bulletins, manuals and guidelines shall become
effective on the | ||||||
16 | date designated by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 86-231.)
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18 | (225 ILCS 610/18) (from Ch. 8, par. 166)
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19 | Sec. 18.
The transportation of bodies or parts of bodies of | ||||||
20 | dead animals,
poultry or fish, or used cooking greases and | ||||||
21 | oils,
raw or unrendered, except green or salted hides, shall | ||||||
22 | not be allowed into
other states except by reciprocal | ||||||
23 | agreements with other states under
rules of the Department.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 87-157.)
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1 | Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 48-7 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (720 ILCS 5/48-7) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 48-7. Feeding garbage to animals. | ||||||
5 | (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: | ||||||
6 | "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of | ||||||
7 | the State of
Illinois. | ||||||
8 | "Garbage" has the same meaning as in the federal Swine | ||||||
9 | Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3802) and also includes | ||||||
10 | putrescible vegetable waste. "Garbage" does not include | ||||||
11 | the contents of the bovine digestive tract means | ||||||
12 | putrescible vegetable waste, animal, poultry, or fish
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13 | carcasses or parts thereof resulting from the handling, | ||||||
14 | preparation,
cooking, or consumption of food, but does not | ||||||
15 | include the contents of the
bovine digestive tract. | ||||||
16 | "Garbage" also means the bodies or parts of bodies
of | ||||||
17 | animals, poultry or fish . | ||||||
18 | "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, | ||||||
19 | association, corporation,
or other legal entity, any | ||||||
20 | public or private institution, the State, or any municipal | ||||||
21 | corporation or political subdivision of the
State. | ||||||
22 | (b) A person commits feeding garbage to animals when he or | ||||||
23 | she feeds or permits the feeding of garbage to swine or any
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24 | animals or poultry on any farm or any other premises where | ||||||
25 | swine are kept. |
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1 | (c) Establishments licensed under the Illinois Dead Animal | ||||||
2 | Disposal
Act or under similar laws in other states are exempt | ||||||
3 | from the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
4 | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to | ||||||
5 | any person who
feeds garbage produced in his or her own | ||||||
6 | household to animals or poultry kept on
the premises where he | ||||||
7 | or she resides except this garbage if fed to swine shall not
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8 | contain particles of meat. | ||||||
9 | (e) Sentence. Feeding garbage to animals is a Class B | ||||||
10 | misdemeanor, and for the first
offense shall be fined not less | ||||||
11 | than $100 nor more than $500 and for a
second or subsequent | ||||||
12 | offense shall be fined not less than $200 nor more
than $500 or | ||||||
13 | imprisoned in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
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14 | for not more than 6 months, or both. | ||||||
15 | (f) A person violating this Section may be enjoined by the | ||||||
16 | Department from
continuing the violation. | ||||||
17 | (g) The Department may make reasonable inspections | ||||||
18 | necessary for the
enforcement of this Section, and is | ||||||
19 | authorized to enforce, and administer the
provisions of this | ||||||
20 | Section.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.) |