Senate Sponsors: ROSKAM-MYERS. House Sponsors: MAUTINO Short description: AGRICULTURE-TECH Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Makes a technical change concerning enforcement. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 505 ILCS 30/2 Adds reference to: 505 ILCS 30/3 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.3 505 ILCS 30/6.5 new 505 ILCS 30/7 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.7 505 ILCS 30/9.5 new Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Revises definitions. Provides that renderers, manufacturers, and blenders that manufacture, blend, or distribute products that contain or may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues and that are intended for use in animal feed must maintain records sufficient to track these products throughout their receipt, processing, and distribution. Requires these records to be available upon request for inspection and copying. Provides that the Department must inspect every rendering, manufacturing, and blending facility subject to the Act every 90 days for the presence of any feeds containing certain mammalian proteins in violation of the Act and may, at each inspection, inspect for other violations of the Act. Exempts facilities that do not handle, mix, process, blend, or distribute feeds or feed ingredients that contain proteins from ruminants if these facilities annually submit an affidavit to the Department so stating. Sets a 3-year sunset date for the 90-day inspection requirements. Provides that a commercial feed containing any protein derived from cattle or other ruminants, or other material known to cause or be associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, is an adulterated feed subject to the Act's ban on the distribution of adulterated feeds. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes reference to: 505 ILCS 30/2 Adds reference to: 505 ILCS 30/3 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.3 505 ILCS 30/6.5 new 505 ILCS 30/7 from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 66.7 505 ILCS 30/9.5 new Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Defines "ruminant", "protein derived from mammalian tissue", and "nonmammalian protein". Provides that manufacturers and distributors that manufacture, blend, or dis- tribute products that contain or may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues and that are intended for use in animal feed must maintain records sufficient to track these products throughout their receipt, processing, and distribution. Requires these records to be available upon request for inspection and copying. Provides that the Department must inspect every facility of persons subject to licensure (manufacturers, distributors, and other licensees) every 90 days for the presence of any feeds containing certain mammalian proteins in violation of the Act and may, at each inspection, inspect for other violations of the Act. Exempts facilities that do not handle, mix, process, blend, or distribute feeds or feed ingredients that contain proteins from mammalian tissues if these facilities annually submit an affidavit to the Department so stating. Sets a 3-year sunset date for the 90-day inspection requirements. Provides that a commercial feed containing any protein derived from mammalian tissues and that is used or intended to be used in ruminant feed, or other material known to cause or be associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, is an adulterated feed subject to the Act's ban on the distribution of adulterated feeds. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 505 ILCS 30/3 505 ILCS 30/6.5 new 505 ILCS 30/7 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Provides that the Department must inspect facilities that handle, process, mix, or manufacture any commercial feed or feed ingredient containing protein derived from mammalian tissues, at least twice per year in the case of a rendering facility and at least annually in the case of other facilities. Requires certain other feed facilities to be inspected unless an annual affidavit is submitted to the Department. Terminates the inspection requirements after 3 years. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Limits the inspection requirement to persons subject to licensure under Section 4 of the Act. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1,2 (Department of Agriculture) SB 213 (H-am 1 and 2) would not impose any additional cost on the Department to implement. The Department could comply with the increased number of inspections with its current existing staff and resources. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Deletes reference to: 505 ILCS 30/3 505 ILCS 30/6.5 new 505 ILCS 30/7 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 (and incorporates House Amendment No. 2) with the following change: Provides that the inspection requirements apply to facilities that "process, mix, or manufacture" (rather than "handle, process, mix, or manufacture") any commercial feed or feed ingredient containing protein derived from mammalian tissues. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3 (Dept. of Agriculture) Same as previous note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status