Public Act 093-0980
 		





SB3111 Enrolled
LRB093 17946 RAS 43629 b






    AN ACT concerning animals.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended  by 
changing Section 1 and by adding Section 24.1 as follows:
 



    (510 ILCS 50/1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 168)



    Sec. 1. For the purposes of this Act: 

    "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the 
State of Illinois.

    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of 
Agriculture,
or his duly appointed representative.

    "Contagious or infectious disease" means a specific 
disease designated by
the Department as contagious or 
infectious under rules pertaining to this Act.

    "Reportable disease" means a specific disease designated 
by the Department as
reportable under rules pertaining to this 
Act.

    "Animals" means domestic animals, poultry, and wild 
animals in captivity. 

    "Exposed to" means for an animal to come in contact with 
another animal or
an environment that is capable of 
transmitting a contagious, infectious, or
reportable disease.  
An animal will no longer be considered as "exposed to"
when it 
is beyond the standard incubation time for the disease and the 
animal
has been tested negative for the specific disease or 
there is no evidence that
the animal is contagious, except for 
animals exposed to Johne's disease.
Animals originating from a 
herd where Johne's disease has been diagnosed will
be 
considered no longer "exposed to" with a negative test.  The 
negative test
must have been conducted within 30 days prior to 
the sale or movement.

    "Swap meet" means an organized event where animals 
including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, birds, fish, 
reptiles, or other animals customarily obtained as pets, are 
sold, traded, or exchange hands.

(Source: P.A. 90-385, eff. 8-15-97; 91-457, eff. 1-1-00.)

 
    (510 ILCS 50/24.1 new)

    Sec. 24.1. Swap meets. Any organizer of a swap meet held 
within the State must provide the Department with information 
regarding the swap meet at least 30 days prior to the date on 
which the swap meet will be held.  For each swap meet that he or 
she organizes, an organizer must maintain records for at least 
one year after the date on which the swap meet is held.  The 
records must include information on each kind of animal present 
at the swap meet and information on any transfer of animals 
that takes place during the swap meet.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.






Effective Date:  8/20/2004