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Public Act 097-0888
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| SB3292 Enrolled | LRB097 19858 CEL 65139 b |
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AN ACT concerning animals.
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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 Animal Disease Laboratories Act is amended |
by changing Section 1 as follows:
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(510 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 105.11)
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Sec. 1. Laboratory services.
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(a) The Department of Agriculture is authorized to |
establish such
additional number of animal disease |
laboratories, not exceeding five, as may be
necessary to serve |
the livestock and poultry industry of the State.
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(b) Such laboratories each shall be in charge of a licensed
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veterinarian, who in addition to making serological blood |
tests, shall be
competent to make diagnoses of such cases of |
livestock and poultry diseases as
may be submitted to such |
laboratories.
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(c) The Department may enter into an arrangement with the |
College of
Veterinary Medicine of the University of Illinois |
whereby any cases
submitted to such laboratories which are not |
susceptible of diagnosis in
the field or by common laboratory |
procedure, or upon which research is
required, may be submitted |
to such College of Veterinary Medicine for
diagnosis or |
research.
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(d) The Department may establish and collect reasonable |
fees for diagnostic
services performed by such animal disease |
laboratories.
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(e) The Department may establish and collect reasonable |
fees for providing
analyses of research samples, out-of-state |
samples, non-agricultural
samples, and survey project
samples. |
These samples shall be defined by rule. The fees shall be
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deposited into the Illinois Department of
Agriculture |
Laboratory Services Revolving Fund.
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(f) Moneys collected under subsection (e) shall be |
appropriated from the
Illinois Department of Agriculture |
Laboratory Services Revolving Fund
solely for the purposes of |
(1) testing specimens submitted in support of
Department |
programs established for animal health, welfare, and safety, |
and the
protection of Illinois consumers of Illinois |
agricultural
products, and (2) testing specimens submitted by |
veterinarians and agency
personnel to determine whether |
chemically hazardous or biologically
infectious substances or |
other disease causing conditions are present.
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(g) The Director may issue rules, consistent with the |
provisions of this
Act, for the administration and enforcement |
of this Act. These rules shall be
approved by the Advisory |
Board of Livestock Commissioners.
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(Source: P.A. 96-1310, eff. 7-27-10.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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