Senate Sponsors: SIEBEN-PHILIP-DONAHUE. House Sponsors: SMITH,MICHAEL-MOFFITT-LEITCH-SLONE Short description: MEAT-POULTRY INSPECT ACT-LIC Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Deletes all definitions in the Act and replaces them with new definitions. Provides that failure to meet conditions to retain a license may result in denial of a renewal of the license. Provides a $50 penalty for late filing of a license renewal application. Repeals provisions concerning nonresident applicants for license and provisions concerning municipal inspection. Provides that a Type I establishment shall develop certain sanitation procedures and conduct a hazard analysis and develop and validate a HACCP plan before being granted or renewing official inspection. Requires that a Type I establishment must get Department approval before it may handle wild game. Deletes provisions concerning administration of the Act. Deletes provisions requiring a person employed by an establishment to adhere to certain cleanliness standards. Removes provisions providing that only persons specifically designated by the operator of an establishment may handle meat or poultry products. Raises the penalty for slaughtering for human food condemned animals or poultry from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony. Provides that all Type I licensed establishments shall be conducted under inspections and during approved hours. Removes the prohibition against failure to disclose a specified definition of the yield grade when a yield grade is advertised and against failure to furnish a buyer with a complete and accurate signed statement at the time of delivery showing the net weight of meat delivered to the buyer. Deletes provisions concerning reports by the Director to the State's Attorney. Makes other changes. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 240 ILCS 40/1-10 240 ILCS 40/1-15 240 ILCS 40/5-30 240 ILCS 40/10-10 240 ILCS 40/10-15 240 ILCS 40/10-25 240 ILCS 40/25-10 240 ILCS 40/25-20 240 ILCS 40/30-5 Amends the Grain Code. Provides that it is the duty of the Department to give notice that a grain dealer has ceased doing business without a successor. Requires persons who print price later contracts to register with the Department and pay an annual $100 registration fee to the Department. Requires persons who print warehouse receipts to register with the Department and pay an annual $100 registration fee to the Department. Makes technical corrections. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Adds reference to: 510 ILCS 77/11 new 510 ILCS 77/12 new 510 ILCS 77/13 new 510 ILCS 77/14 new 510 ILCS 77/20 510 ILCS 77/65 new Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Provides that the owner or operator of a new livestock management facility serving 1,000 or more animal units shall submit a notice of intent to construct a new livestock management facility to the Department of Agriculture. Provides that the owner of a livestock waste handling facility may rely on guidance from the county Soil and Water Conservation District, the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, or the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service for soil type and water table level information. Provides that waste storage structures on soil where high water is a concern or where the soil does not meet strength and load factors shall meet certain construction standards. Provides for inspection of newly constructed livestock waste handling facilities. Provides that a person who fails to file a notice of intent to construct a livestock waste handling facility with the Department is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $500. Provides that the Department shall provide verification to a facility to allow construction if the facility meets the Act's requirements. Provides that owners, operators, and controlling persons of a livestock management facility or a livestock waste handling facility are jointly and severally liable for damages resulting from an unauthorized discharge or spill originating at the facility. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 510 ILCS 77/11 new 510 ILCS 77/12 new 510 ILCS 77/13 new 510 ILCS 77/14 new 510 ILCS 77/65 new Adds reference to: 510 ILCS 77/10.30 510 ILCS 77/10.40 510 ILCS 77/10.65 new 510 ILCS 77/15 510 ILCS 77/16 510 ILCS 77/17 510 ILCS 77/20 510 ILCS 77/25 510 ILCS 77/30 510 ILCS 77/35 510 ILCS 77/36 new 510 ILCS 77/51 new Replaces the amendatory changes to the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Provides for the adoption of permanent construction standards for livestock waste handling facilities other than earthen waste lagoons. Sets interim construction standards for those facilities. Provides for the registration and certification of any lagoon or other livestock waste handling facility with a capacity to serve more than 500 animal units that is newly constructed, modified, or expanded (now lagoons are required to be registered and certified). Provides that the county may hold a public informational meeting upon receiving notice of an intent to construct or modify a livestock waste handling facility with a capacity to serve more than 500 animal units (now upon receiving notice of an intent to construct or modify an earthen livestock waste lagoon). Provides that the waste handling facility registration fee is $250 (now, $50 for lagoons). Provides for the inspection of livestock waste handling facilities servicing 500 or more animal units (now livestock waste lagoons servicing 1,000 or more animal units). Provides that the owner or operator of a facility of less than 500 (now 1,000) animal units shall not be required to prepare and maintain a waste management plan. Provides that the owner or operator of a facility of 500 (now 1,000) or greater animal units but less than 5,000 (now 7,000) animal units shall prepare and maintain at the facility a waste management plan. Provides that the owner or operator of a livestock management facility of 5,000 (now 7,000) or greater animal units shall prepare, maintain, and submit to the Department of Agriculture a waste management plan, and the plan shall be kept on file for 5 years (now 3). Provides for the use of phosphorus, nitrogen, or potassium rates (now nitrogen rates) when applying livestock waste to the land. Provides that the fee for the issuance or renewal of a certified livestock manager certificate is $50 (now $10). Prohibits the construction of livestock management facilities of 500 or greater animal units in flood plains, areas with karst topography, and certain areas with a high water table. Provides that owners, operators, and controlling persons of a livestock management facility or a livestock waste handling facility are jointly and severally liable for penalties or damages resulting from certain violations of the Environmental Protection Act and from violations of the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Makes other changes. Provides that the changes made by this amendment are effective June 1, 1998. BALANCED BUDGET NOTE, H-AM 1 Does not authorize, increase, decrease, or reallocate any general funds appropriation for FY98. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dpt. Corrections) Corrections population and fiscal impacts are minimal. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1 No change from DOC fiscal note, with H-am 1. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Dpt. of Agriculture) The total fiscal impact would be $400,000. BALANCED BUDGET NOTE, H-AMS 1 & 2 SB 1707 does not authorize, increase, decrease or reallocate any general funds appropriation for fiscal year 1998. BALANCED BUDGET NOTE, H-AMS 1 & 4 No change from previous balanced budget note. JUDICIAL NOTE, H-AM 4 No decrease or increase in the need for the number of judges. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 Fails to create a State mandate. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 4 (Dpt. Agriculture) Meat & Poultry Inspection Act: no fiscal impact Grain Code: nominal increase in Ill. Grain Ins. Fund Livestock Mgmt. Facilities Act: $400,000 CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 4 There will be minimal fiscal and prison population impact. STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE, H-AM 4 No direct impact on the level of State indebtedness. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY NOTE, H-AM 4 No fiscal effect on a single-family residence. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 4. Further amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Provides that 2 or more livestock management facilities under common ownership, if the facilities are not separated by one mile or if they use a common system for the storage or disposal of waste (now if they use a common system or acreage for the storage or disposal of waste), shall be considered a single livestock management facility. Deletes the changes concerning the livestock waste storage capacity of livestock waste handling facilities. Provides that the livestock waste storage capacity for livestock waste handling facilities other than lagoons must be at least 180 days. Exempts certain financial institutions and certain other persons whose interest in a facility arises in a fiduciary capacity from the provisions concerning joint and several liability. Prohibits construction of a livestock management facility or a livestock waste handling facility of 500 or greater animal units in any area where aquifer material is found 5 feet or less below the bottom of the facility (now where the seasonal high water table is 5 feet or less below the bottom of the facility). Makes a technical change. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY NOTE, H-AM 1 No fiscal effect on a single-family residence. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 4 Fails to create a State mandate. BALANCED BUDGET NOTE, H-AMS 1, 4 & 5 No change from previous balanced budget note. STATE DEBT NOTE, H-AMS 1, 4 & 5 No change from previous State debt note. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY NOTE, H-AMS 1, 4 & 5 No change from previous housing affordability note. CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 5 No change from previous correctional note. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE, H-AMS 1, 4 & 5 No change from previous state mandates note. HOME RULE NOTE, H-AMS 1, 4, & 5 The bill fails to preempt home rule authority. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 5 (Dpt. of Agriculture) No change from previous fiscal note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 5. Deletes reference to: 510 ILCS 77/51 new Adds reference to: 510 ILCS 77/95 new Further amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Deletes the provisions concerning joint and several liability. Provides that livestock management facilities and livestock waste handling facilities shall be subject to penalties and liability for any violations of the Environmental Protection Act. FISCAL NOTE, H-AMS 1, 4 & 5 (Office of Ill. Courts) The bill will have no fiscal impact on judicial branch. JUDICIAL NOTE, H-AMS 1, 4 & 5 No change from previous judicial note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status