House Sponsors: LAWFER AND REITZ. Senate Sponsors: SIEBEN Short description: LIVESTOCK-HEALTH ISSUES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Increases the number of members on the Board of Agricultural Advisors from 24 to 25. Provides that one member shall be the Director of Natural Resources and one member shall be a representative of deer or elk breeders. Removes the requirement that one of the members be a representative of the public stockyards. Amends the Livestock Auction Market Law. Changes the definition of "marketing center". Amends the Illinois Livestock Dealer Licensing Act. Requires a licensee to maintain certain health certificates. Amends the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Changes the definition of "public stockyards". Removes the requirement that cattle shipped from a public stockyard within the State be accompanied by certain health certificates. Amends the Illinois Bovidae and Cervidae Tuberculosis Eradication Act. Defines the terms "auction market" and "marketing center". Amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. Defines the term "exposed to". Makes changes concerning animal quarantines. Amends the Swine Brucellosis Eradication Act. Provides that the test for the intrastate movement of swine may be conducted at a marketing center that has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and removes the provision that it may be conducted at a livestock auction market. Repeals the Livestock Record Act. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Further amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. Provides that if the Department determines that an animal has been exposed to or infected with a contagious or infectious disease and has to be destroyed, the owner or the Department shall destroy the animal in a humane manner rather than in accordance with the Animal Control Act. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0457 Last action date: 99-08-06 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status