Senate Sponsors: SIEBEN-WATSON-PHILIP. House Sponsors: RYDER-NOLAND Short description: ILLINOIS PESTICIDE ACT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Wildlife Code to make a technical change to the short title provision. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Deletes reference to: 520 ILCS 5/1.1 Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 60/13.2 new 415 ILCS 60/19.3 415 ILCS 60/24.1 from Ch. 5, par. 824.1 Deletes everything. Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that an agrichemical facility located in this State that was not in existence during the years 1991, 1992, and 1993 and therefore did not pay the registration fee for those years may make a one-time payment of $1,500 to the Department of Agriculture for deposit into the Agrichemical Incident Response Trust Fund or transfer eligibility from a facility under the same ownership whose operations were discontinued after 1993 and replaced by the new facility to meet certain eligibility requirements for receiving money from the Trust Fund for costs of response action. Provides that an agrichemical facility located in this State that was in existence during the years 1991, 1992, and 1993 but did not pay the registration fee for those years may make payment of the unremitted balance to the Department for deposit into the Trust Fund to meet the eligibility requirements. Removes provisions requiring the Department to use a probabilistic risk evaluation approach to establish site-specific cleanup objectives for the Agrichemical Facility Response Action Program. Provides that the penalty for failing to comply with the conditions of a written authorization for land application of agrichemical contaminated soils or groundwater is $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 205/40.36 from Ch. 127, par. 40.36 225 ILCS 605/2 from Ch. 8, par. 302 225 ILCS 605/6.5 new 225 ILCS 605/10 from Ch. 8, par. 310 510 ILCS 10/1 Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to provide that the Department of Agriculture has the power to administer the "Illinois Product" label program (instead of the "Illinois Grown" label program) whereby labels may be placed on food and agribusiness commodities produced, processed, or packaged in Illinois (instead of placed on food commodities produced or originating in Illinois). Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Includes a veterinary hospital in the definition of "kennel operator". Provides that failure of an applicant to meet all of the requirements for compliance within 60 days of receipt of an application for a license to engage in business as a pet shop operator, dog dealer, or kennel or cattery operator or operate a pound or animal shelter shall result in termination of the application and forfeiture of the license fee. Provides that the Department may refuse to issue or renew or suspend or revoke a license on proof that the licensee is guilty of gross negligence, incompetency, or cruelty with regard to animals. Provides that the Department may order a licensee to cease operation for a period not to exceed 72 hours to correct deficiencies in order to meet licensing requirements. Amends the Animal Disease Laboratories Act. Provides that the Department may establish and collect fees for providing analysis of non-agricultural samples. Provides that the Director may issue rules for the administration and enforcement of the Act. Provides that these rules shall be approved by the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners. Provides that the provisions amending the Civil Administrative Code, the Animal Welfare Act, and the Pesticide Act are effective July 1, 1997. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0403 Last action date: 97-08-15 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status