(510 ILCS 50/20) (from Ch. 8, par. 187)
Sec. 20. Any person who knowingly transports, receives or conveys
into this State any animals, carcasses or portions of carcasses, feed, seed,
bedding, equipment, or other material capable of conveying
contamination or infection as defined and prohibited in a proclamation issued by the Governor
under the provisions of Section 10 of this Act is guilty of a business offense,
and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, for each
offense, and shall be liable for all damages or loss that may be
sustained by any person by reason of such importation of such prohibited
animals, or prohibited materials, which penalty may be recovered in the
circuit court in any county in this State into or through which such
animals or materials are brought.
(Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)
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