100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2998

Introduced , by Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 50/2 from Ch. 8, par. 169

Amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. Deletes a provision providing that all rules of the Department of Agriculture, and all amendments or revocations of existing rules, shall be recorded in an appropriate book or books, shall be adequately indexed, shall be kept in the office of the Department, and shall constitute a public record and that the rules shall be printed in pamphlet form and furnished, upon request, to the public free of cost. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning animals.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended by
5changing Section 2 as follows:
6 (510 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 169)
7 Sec. 2. Duty to investigate; rulemaking. It is the duty of
8the Department to investigate all cases or alleged cases coming
9to its knowledge of contamination or contagious and infectious
10diseases among animals within the State and to provide for the
11suppression, prevention, and extirpation of contamination or
12infectious and contagious diseases of such animals.
13 The Department may make and adopt reasonable rules and
14regulations for the administration and enforcement of the
15provisions of this Act. No rule or regulation made, adopted or
16issued by the Department pursuant to the provisions of this Act
17shall be effective unless such rule or regulation has been
18submitted to the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners for
19approval. All rules of the Department, and all amendments or
20revocations of existing rules, shall be recorded in an
21appropriate book or books, shall be adequately indexed, shall
22be kept in the office of the Department, and shall constitute a
23public record. Such rules shall be printed in pamphlet form and

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1furnished, upon request, to the public free of cost.
2(Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.