SB2775eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2775 Engrossed LRB095 19978 RCE 46407 b

AN ACT concerning animals.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

(510 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 173)

Sec. 6. Whenever quarantine is established in accordance with the provisions of this Act, notice shall be given by delivery in person or by mailing by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the owner or occupant of any premises so quarantined. Such notice shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, with an explanation of the contents thereof. Such quarantine shall be sufficiently proved in any court by the production of a true copy of such notice of quarantine together with an affidavit, sworn to by the officer or employee of the Department who delivered or mailed such notice, containing a statement that the original thereof was delivered or mailed in the manner herein prescribed.

Every quarantine so established shall remain in effect until removed by order of the Department. Any person aggrieved by any quarantine may appeal to the Department which shall thereupon sustain, modify or annul the quarantine as it may deem proper. Quarantines will be removed when epidemiological evidence indicates that the disease or contamination threat to humans or other animals no longer exists.

Upon the satisfaction of the Director that the reason for quarantine no longer exists, animals and premises quarantined under this Act shall be released. The requirements for release shall be determined based on one or both of the following: (i) the most recent veterinary medical information available for the condition or (ii) consultation with USDA or other federal agencies and reference their recommendations, guidelines, or requirements.

Methods for quarantine release may include, but are not limited to:

(1) Complete and total depopulation of affected animals followed by Department approved methods of cleaning and disinfection of the quarantined premises, when appropriate, as verified by a Department representative.

(2) Completion of a Department approved testing protocol that proves the condition no longer exists in the affected and susceptible animals.

(3) The use of a vaccination protocol approved by the Department combined with an approved testing protocol and depopulation of the affected animals.

(4) Completion of a treatment protocol approved by the Department followed by a testing protocol approved by the Department proving the condition no longer exists in the treated animals.

(5) Fulfillment of the requirements for quarantine release as provided for in the Program Standards or Uniform Methods and Rules for state/federal cooperative disease programs.

(6) After the lapse of an appropriate length of time, it is determined to the satisfaction of the Director that the condition for which the quarantine was issued no longer exists.

Within 45 days after the issuance of quarantine, the Department shall provide the owner with a protocol whereby the quarantine will be released. Notice of the required protocol shall be given by delivery in person or by mailing by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the owner or occupant of any premises under quarantine.

(Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.