(510 ILCS 95/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 148k)
Sec. 6.
Quarantine.
When any animal in a herd is classified as a reactor
to an official test
for brucellosis, the Department shall quarantine any animal it deems
necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. Reactor swine shall be
tagged in the left ear with a reactor identification tag. Such reactors
shall not be offered for breeding purposes.
The Department may slaughter
such swine
whenever the Director finds, following an administrative hearing, such
destruction to be necessary to prevent or
reduce the danger of spreading swine brucellosis. If State funds are
available for paying indemnity, the Department shall pay to the owner of
swine so destroyed the appraisal value of such swine less any salvage value
received and less any indemnity paid by the Federal Government. In no case
shall any payment be more than $50 per head for grade swine or more than
$100 for any registered purebred animal or any breeding animal upon which a
certificate of registration has been issued by an approved inbred or hybrid
livestock registry association. The Department may, by regulation, increase
the indemnity payments to facilitate the program for eradication of swine
brucellosis. The swine shall be appraised jointly by the owner or his
representative and a representative of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture or a
representative of the Department. Appraisal shall be at their actual value
for meat, feeding or breeding purposes at the time and place of appraisal.
In the case of grade animals, only females shall be eligible for appraisal
based on breeding value. Swine presented for appraisal as purebred, inbred
or hybrid shall be accompanied by their certificate of registry at the time
of appraisal or they shall be appraised as grades. In the absence of such
certificate of registry, the Department may grant a reasonable time for the
presentation of their certificate of registry to the appraiser.
(Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)
|