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Public Act 096-1025
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
amended by changing Section 5-525 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 5/5-525) (was 20 ILCS 5/6.01)
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Sec. 5-525. In the Department of Agriculture.
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(a) (Blank).
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(b) An Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners to consist |
of 25 persons.
The Board shall consist of the administrator of |
animal disease programs,
the Dean of the College of |
Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Agriculture |
of the University of Illinois, the
Dean of the College of |
Veterinary Medicine of the University of Illinois,
and, |
commencing on January 1, 1990, the Deans or Chairmen of the |
Colleges or
Departments of Agriculture of Illinois State |
University, Southern Illinois
University, and Western Illinois |
University in that order who shall each serve
for 1 year terms, |
provided that, commencing on January 1, 1993, such terms shall
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be for 2 years in the same order, the Director of Public |
Health, the Director
of Natural Resources, the Chairperson |
chairman of the Agriculture and , Conservation and Energy
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Committee of the Senate, and the Chairperson chairman of the |
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Committee on Agriculture & Conservation Committee of
the House |
of Representatives, who shall be ex-officio be members of the |
Board,
and 17 additional persons, appointed by the Governor to |
serve at the Governor's pleasure, who are interested in the |
well-being of domestic animals and poultry and in the |
prevention,
elimination, and control of diseases affecting |
them of domestic animals and poultry who
shall be appointed by |
the Governor to serve at the Governor's pleasure.
An appointed |
member's office becomes vacant upon the member's absence from 3
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consecutive meetings. Of the 17 additional persons, one shall |
be a
representative of breeders of beef cattle, one shall be a |
representative of
breeders of dairy cattle, one shall be a |
representative of breeders of dual
purpose cattle,
one shall be |
a representative of breeders of swine, one shall be a
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representative of poultry breeders, one shall be a |
representative of sheep
breeders, one shall be a veterinarian |
licensed in this State, one shall be
a representative of |
general or diversified farming, one shall be a
representative |
of deer or elk breeders, one shall be a representative of
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livestock auction markets, one shall be a representative of |
cattle feeders,
one shall be a representative of pork |
producers, one shall be a
representative of the State licensed |
meat packers, one shall be a
representative of canine breeders, |
one shall be a representative of equine
breeders, one shall be |
a representative of the Illinois licensed
renderers, and one |
shall be a representative of livestock dealers. An appointed |
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member's office becomes vacant upon the member's absence from 3
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consecutive meetings. Appointments made by the Governor after |
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General |
Assembly shall be for a term of 5 years. The
members of the |
Board shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for |
expenses
necessarily incurred in the performance of their |
duties. In the appointment
of the Advisory Board of Livestock |
Commissioners, the Governor shall
consult with representative |
persons and recognized organizations in the
respective fields |
concerning the appointments.
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Rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
pertaining to the well-being of domestic animals and poultry |
and the
prevention, elimination, and control of diseases |
affecting them of domestic animals and
poultry shall be |
submitted to the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners
for |
approval at its duly called meeting. The chairperson chairman |
of the Board shall
certify the official minutes of the Board's |
action and shall file the
certified minutes with the Department |
of Agriculture within 30 days after
the proposed rules and |
regulations are submitted and before they are
promulgated and |
made effective. If the Board fails to take action within 30
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days this limitation shall not apply and the rules and |
regulations may
be promulgated and made effective. In the event |
it is deemed desirable,
the Board may hold hearings upon the |
rules and regulations or proposed
revisions. The Board members |
shall be familiar with the Acts relating to
the well-being of |
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domestic animals
and poultry and to the prevention, |
elimination, and control of diseases affecting them among |
domestic animals
and poultry. The Department shall, upon the |
request of a Board member,
advise the Board concerning the |
administration of the respective Acts.
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The Director of Agriculture or his or her representative |
from the Department
shall act as chairperson chairman of the |
Board. The Director shall call semiannual call meetings of the
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Board and may call other meetings of the Board from time to |
time or when requested by 3 or more appointed members
of the |
Board. A quorum of appointed members must be present to convene |
an
official meeting. The chairperson chairman and ex-officio |
members shall not be included
in a quorum call. Ex-officio |
members may be represented by a duly
authorized representative |
from their department, division, college, or
committee; |
however, that representative may not exercise the voting |
privileges of the ex-officio member. Appointed members shall |
not be represented at a meeting by
another person. Ex-officio |
members and appointed members shall have the
right to vote on |
all proposed rules and regulations; voting that in effect
would |
pertain to approving rules and regulations shall be taken by an |
oral
roll call. No member shall vote by proxy. The chairman |
shall not vote
except in the case of a tie vote. Any ex-officio |
or appointed member may
ask for and shall receive an oral roll |
call on any motion before the Board.
The Department shall |
provide a clerk to take minutes of the meetings and
record |