Full Text of HB3665 101st General Assembly
HB3665 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3665 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Costello, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
|
510 ILCS 50/21 | from Ch. 8, par. 188 |
|
Amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. Provides that if a quarantine issued by the Department of Agriculture is violated, the Department or the Department's designee may seize and destroy any of the animals subject to the quarantine, impose a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each animal in violation of the quarantine, or both. Effective immediately.
|
| |
| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
| | | HB3665 | | LRB101 05181 SLF 50193 b |
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning animals.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 21 as follows:
| 6 | | (510 ILCS 50/21) (from Ch. 8, par. 188)
| 7 | | Sec. 21. Any person who, knowing that any contamination or | 8 | | contagious or infectious disease exists
among his animals, | 9 | | conceals such fact, or knowing of the existence of such
| 10 | | disease, sells any animal or animals so contaminated or | 11 | | diseased, or any exposed animal, or
knowing the same, removes | 12 | | any such contaminated, diseased, or exposed animal from his
| 13 | | premises to the premises of another, or along any public | 14 | | highway, or
knowing of the existence of such contamination, | 15 | | disease, or exposure thereto, transports,
drives, leads or | 16 | | ships any animal so contaminated, diseased, or exposed, by any | 17 | | motor
vehicle, car or steamboat, to any place in or out of this | 18 | | State; and any
person who brings any such contaminated or | 19 | | diseased, or knowingly, brings any such contaminated or exposed
| 20 | | animals into this State from another state; and any person who | 21 | | knowingly
buys, receives, sells, conveys, or engages in the | 22 | | traffic of such contaminated, diseased,
or exposed stock, and | 23 | | any person who violates any quarantine regulation
established |
| | | HB3665 | - 2 - | LRB101 05181 SLF 50193 b |
|
| 1 | | under the provisions of this or any other Act, for each,
| 2 | | either, any or all
acts above mentioned in this Section, is | 3 | | guilty of a petty offense and
shall forfeit all right to any | 4 | | compensation for any animal or property
destroyed under the | 5 | | provisions of this Act. If a quarantine issued by the | 6 | | Department is violated, the Department or the Department's | 7 | | designee may seize and destroy any of the animals subject to | 8 | | the quarantine, impose a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each | 9 | | animal in violation of the quarantine, or both.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
|
|