SB2775 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2775

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Frank C. Watson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

510 ILCS 50/6

from Ch. 8, par. 173

Amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. Requires the Department of Agriculture to quarantine dogs testing positive for Brucella Canis and other dogs in contact with infected dogs. Sets forth conditions for releasing dogs from quarantine. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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.

Any dog testing positive for Brucella Canis and any other dog that has been in contact with an infected dog shall be quarantined by the Department. The AGID test shall be the definitive test used to determine whether a dog is infected with Brucella Canis. Dogs placed under quarantine shall be released when all of the following conditions have been met:

(1) All test-positive dogs have either been euthanized or isolated from test-negative dogs.

(2) All dogs 12 weeks of age and older have been negative on 2 tests at least 30 days apart with the first test being no sooner than 30 days after the euthanasia or isolation of all test-positive dogs.

(3) Any dog receiving antibiotics during the quarantine period has been tested using the AGID or ELISA test; and the type of antibiotic, dose given, and duration of treatment has been provided to the Department.

(4) Dogs that have received no antibiotics for more than 6 months have been tested using at least the card test.

(5) All puppies from test-positive dams have been isolated for 30 days post-weaning and subsequently test negative on 2 tests at least 30 days apart.

(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.