093_HB1449
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1 AN ACT concerning mosquito abatement.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Mosquito Abatement District Act is
5 amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 1005/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 81)
7 Sec. 8. The board of trustees of any mosquito abatement
8 district shall, in its work, advise and cooperate with the
9 Department of Public Health of the State, and the board of
10 trustees of such district shall submit to such Department, on
11 or before January 1st of each year, a report of the work done
12 and results obtained by the district during the preceding
13 year.
14 The board of trustees of any mosquito abatement district,
15 or its designee, shall conduct routine surveillance of
16 mosquitoes to detect the presence of mosquito-borne diseases
17 of public health significance. The surveillance shall be
18 conducted in accordance with mosquito abatement and control
19 guidelines as set forth by the U.S. Centers for Disease
20 Control and Prevention. Areas reporting disease in humans
21 shall be included in the surveillance activities. Mosquito
22 abatement districts shall report to the local certified
23 public health department the results of any positive mosquito
24 samples infected with any arboviral infections, including,
25 but not limited to: West Nile Virus, St. Louis Encephalitis,
26 and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Reports shall be made to the
27 local certified public health department's director of
28 environmental health, or a designee of the department, within
29 24 hours after receiving a positive report. The report shall
30 include the type of infection, the number of mosquitoes
31 collected in the trapping device, the type of trapping device
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1 used, and the type of laboratory testing used to confirm the
2 infection. Any trustee of a mosquito abatement district, or
3 designee of the board of trustees of a mosquito abatement
4 district, that fails to comply with the requirements of this
5 Act is guilty of a Class A Misdemeanor.
6 (Source: Laws 1927, p. 694.)