Full Text of SB3604 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 5-525 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 5/5-525) (was 20 ILCS 5/6.01)
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| Sec. 5-525. In the Department of Agriculture.
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| (a) (Blank).
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| (b) An Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners to consist | 10 |
| of 25 persons.
The Board shall consist of the administrator of | 11 |
| animal disease programs,
the Dean of the College of | 12 |
| Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Agriculture | 13 |
| of the University of Illinois, the
Dean of the College of | 14 |
| Veterinary Medicine of the University of Illinois,
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| commencing on January 1, 1990 , the Deans or Chairmen of the | 16 |
| Colleges or
Departments of Agriculture of Illinois State | 17 |
| University, Southern Illinois
University, and Western Illinois | 18 |
| University in that order who shall each serve
for 1 year terms, | 19 |
| provided that , commencing on January 1, 1993 , such terms shall
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| be for 2 years in the same order, the Director of Public | 21 |
| Health, the Director
of Natural Resources, the Chairperson | 22 |
| chairman of the Agriculture and , Conservation and Energy
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| Committee of the Senate, and the Chairperson chairman of the |
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| Committee on Agriculture & Conservation Committee of
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| of Representatives, who shall be ex-officio be members of the | 3 |
| Board,
and 17 additional persons , appointed by the Governor to | 4 |
| serve at the Governor's pleasure, who are interested in the | 5 |
| well-being of domestic animals and poultry and in the | 6 |
| prevention,
elimination , and control of diseases affecting | 7 |
| them of domestic animals and poultry who
shall be appointed by | 8 |
| the Governor to serve at the Governor's pleasure .
An appointed | 9 |
| member's office becomes vacant upon the member's absence from 3
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| consecutive meetings. Of the 17 additional persons, one shall | 11 |
| be a
representative of breeders of beef cattle, one shall be a | 12 |
| representative of
breeders of dairy cattle, one shall be a | 13 |
| representative of breeders of dual
purpose cattle,
one shall be | 14 |
| a representative of breeders of swine, one shall be a
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| representative of poultry breeders, one shall be a | 16 |
| representative of sheep
breeders, one shall be a veterinarian | 17 |
| licensed in this State, one shall be
a representative of | 18 |
| general or diversified farming, one shall be a
representative | 19 |
| of deer or elk breeders, one shall be a representative of
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| livestock auction markets, one shall be a representative of | 21 |
| cattle feeders,
one shall be a representative of pork | 22 |
| producers, one shall be a
representative of the State licensed | 23 |
| meat packers, one shall be a
representative of canine breeders, | 24 |
| one shall be a representative of equine
breeders, one shall be | 25 |
| a representative of the Illinois licensed
renderers, and one | 26 |
| shall be a representative of livestock dealers. An appointed |
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| member's office becomes vacant upon the member's absence from 3
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| consecutive meetings. Appointments made by the Governor after | 3 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 4 |
| Assembly shall be for a term of 5 years. The
members of the | 5 |
| Board shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for | 6 |
| expenses
necessarily incurred in the performance of their | 7 |
| duties. In the appointment
of the Advisory Board of Livestock | 8 |
| Commissioners, the Governor shall
consult with representative | 9 |
| persons and recognized organizations in the
respective fields | 10 |
| concerning the appointments.
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| Rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture | 12 |
| pertaining to the well-being of domestic animals and poultry | 13 |
| and the
prevention, elimination, and control of diseases | 14 |
| affecting them of domestic animals and
poultry shall be | 15 |
| submitted to the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners
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| approval at its duly called meeting. The chairperson chairman | 17 |
| of the Board shall
certify the official minutes of the Board's | 18 |
| action and shall file the
certified minutes with the Department | 19 |
| of Agriculture within 30 days after
the proposed rules and | 20 |
| regulations are submitted and before they are
promulgated and | 21 |
| made effective. If the Board fails to take action within 30
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| days this limitation shall not apply and the rules and | 23 |
| regulations may
be promulgated and made effective. In the event | 24 |
| it is deemed desirable,
the Board may hold hearings upon the | 25 |
| rules and regulations or proposed
revisions. The Board members | 26 |
| shall be familiar with the Acts relating to
the well-being of |
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| domestic animals
and poultry and to the prevention, | 2 |
| elimination, and control of diseases affecting them among | 3 |
| domestic animals
and poultry . The Department shall, upon the | 4 |
| request of a Board member,
advise the Board concerning the | 5 |
| administration of the respective Acts.
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| The Director of Agriculture or his or her representative | 7 |
| from the Department
shall act as chairperson chairman of the | 8 |
| Board. The Director shall call semiannual call meetings of the
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| Board and may call other meetings of the Board from time to | 10 |
| time or when requested by 3 or more appointed members
of the | 11 |
| Board. A quorum of appointed members must be present to convene | 12 |
| an
official meeting. The chairperson chairman and ex-officio | 13 |
| members shall not be included
in a quorum call. Ex-officio | 14 |
| members may be represented by a duly
authorized representative | 15 |
| from their department, division, college, or
committee ; | 16 |
| however, that representative may not exercise the voting | 17 |
| privileges of the ex-officio member . Appointed members shall | 18 |
| not be represented at a meeting by
another person. Ex-officio | 19 |
| members and appointed members shall have the
right to vote on | 20 |
| all proposed rules and regulations; voting that in effect
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| pertain to approving rules and regulations shall be taken by an | 22 |
| oral
roll call. No member shall vote by proxy. The chairman | 23 |
| shall not vote
except in the case of a tie vote. Any ex-officio | 24 |
| or appointed member may
ask for and shall receive an oral roll | 25 |
| call on any motion before the Board.
The Department shall | 26 |
| provide a clerk to take minutes of the meetings and
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| transactions of the Board. The Board, by oral roll call, may | 2 |
| require
an official court reporter to record the minutes of the | 3 |
| meetings.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-457, eff. 1-1-00; 91-798, | 5 |
| eff.
7-9-00.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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