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90_SB0258

      225 ILCS 640/1            from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 208
      225 ILCS 645/1            from Ch. 111, par. 401
      225 ILCS 655/2            from Ch. 111, par. 502
      510 ILCS 40/2.04          from Ch. 8, par. 33.62-04
      510 ILCS 55/1.1           from Ch. 8, par. 1.1
      510 ILCS 75/2             from Ch. 8, par. 229.52
          Amends the Livestock Auction  Market  Law,  the  Illinois
      Livestock  Dealer  Licensing  Act,  the  Slaughter  Livestock
      Buyers  Act,  the  Illinois  Brand Act, the Illinois Domestic
      Animals Running at Large Act, and  the  Humane  Slaughter  of
      Livestock  Act  by  including  ratites  in  the definition of
      "livestock".
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 1        AN ACT to amend certain Acts in relation to animals.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.  The  Livestock Auction Market Law is amended
 5    by changing Section 1 as follows:
 6        (225 ILCS 640/1) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 208)
 7        Sec. 1. Definitions.  When used in this Act:
 8        "Person"  means  any  person,   firm,   partnership,   or
 9    corporation.
10        "Department"  means  the Department of Agriculture of the
11    State of Illinois.
12        "Director" means the Director of the Illinois  Department
13    of Agriculture, or his duly appointed representative.
14        "Livestock" means cattle, swine, sheep, equidae, ratites,
15    or and goats.
16        "Livestock  auction market" means any sale or exchange of
17    livestock held by any  person  at  an  established  place  of
18    business  or  premises  where  the livestock is assembled for
19    sale or exchange and is  sold  or  exchanged  at  auction  at
20    regular  or  irregular  intervals, but more frequently than 3
21    times during the preceding 12 months.
22        "Consignor" means any  person  consigning,  shipping,  or
23    delivering  livestock to a livestock auction market for sale,
24    resale, or exchange.
25        "Operator of a livestock auction market" means any person
26    holding, conducting,  or  carrying  on  a  livestock  auction
27    market.
28        "Marketing  center"  means  a  licensed livestock auction
29    market  which  has  been  so  designated  by   the   Illinois
30    Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of
31    Agriculture  as  a  marketing  center  after having qualified
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 1    under the rules and regulations of the  State  Department  of
 2    Agriculture  and  the United States Department of Agriculture
 3    and is  operated  under  the  supervision  of  an  accredited
 4    veterinarian   approved   by   the   Illinois  Department  of
 5    Agriculture.
 6        "Consignment" means a document issued  by  the  owner  or
 7    shipper  of  livestock,  designating  the  name  of the owner
 8    and/or shipper; place of origin; stockyards, State or Federal
 9    approved slaughtering establishment, or marketing  center  of
10    destination;  date of shipment; and number and description of
11    livestock, certified to by the  owner  or  shipper,  kept  in
12    possession  of  the  carrier  and  delivered to a stockyards,
13    State or  Federal  approved  slaughtering  establishment,  or
14    marketing   center   of  destination  upon  acceptance.  This
15    consignment shall be held by the stockyards, State or Federal
16    approved slaughtering establishment, or marketing center  for
17    a  period  of  not  less  than 6 months for inspection by the
18    legally authorized officials of the United States  Department
19    of Agriculture and the Illinois Department of Agriculture and
20    other officials having police powers.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 1-1-96.)
22        Section  10.  The Illinois Livestock Dealer Licensing Act
23    is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
24        (225 ILCS 645/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 401)
25        Sec.  1.   As  used  in  this  Act,  unless  the  context
26    otherwise requires:
27        "Department"   means   the   Illinois    Department    of
28    Agriculture.
29        "Director"  means the Director of the Illinois Department
30    of Agriculture or his duly authorized representative.
31        "Livestock" means cattle, goats, sheep, ratites, or swine
32    other than feeder swine, or any other animals of the  bovine,
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 1    caprine, ovine, or porcine species.
 2        "Feeder  swine"  means  all  swine except those consigned
 3    directly to slaughter or swine sold as breeding animals  with
 4    a negative brucellosis test.
 5        "Livestock  dealer"  means  any  person  required  to  be
 6    registered  under  the  Federal  "Packers and Stockyards Act,
 7    1921", who buys, sells or offers to sell,  exchange,  barter,
 8    or  negotiate  the  sale of cattle, goats, sheep, ratites, or
 9    swine other than feeder  swine  in  this  State  whether  the
10    cattle,  goats,  sheep, ratites, or swine were raised in this
11    State  or  brought  into  this  State  from  another   state.
12    "Livestock  dealer" does not mean (1) a person who sells only
13    cattle, goats, sheep, ratites, or swine which he has produced
14    and raised, (2) a person who offers for sale  or  trade  only
15    cattle,  goats,  sheep,  ratites,  or swine other than feeder
16    swine which he has owned or  had  in  his  possession  for  a
17    period  of  30  days  or  longer  and  is  not engaged in the
18    business of buying,  selling,  trading,  or  negotiating  the
19    transfer  of  livestock,  (3)  a person who purchases cattle,
20    goats, sheep, ratites, or swine other than feeder  swine  for
21    feeding   or  breeding  purposes  and  retains  them  in  his
22    possession for a period of 30 days or longer,  (4)  a  person
23    engaged  in the business of buying and slaughtering livestock
24    for food  and  in  marketing  the  meat  products  therefrom,
25    provided  all animals purchased are slaughtered, (5) a person
26    licensed under the Illinois Feeder Swine Dealer Licensing Act
27    "An Act providing for the licensing of feeder swine  dealers,
28    regulating   such   business,  and  providing  penalties  for
29    violations hereof", approved July 31, 1961, for  transactions
30    so  governed,  or  (6)  a person licensed under the Livestock
31    Auction Market Law "An Act in relation to the  licensing  and
32    regulation  of  livestock auction markets", approved July 15,
33    1941, as heretofore or hereafter  amended,  when  engaged  in
34    transactions  covered  by such Act or (7) a "commission firm"
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 1    as defined and exempted by this Act.
 2        "Person" means  any  individual,  firm,  partnership,  or
 3    corporation.
 4        "Commission  firm" means a person who negotiates the sale
 5    or purchase of livestock for the  account  of  another  on  a
 6    commission  basis  and  who  does not buy or sell for his own
 7    account.
 8        "Agent" means any person authorized to act for a licensed
 9    livestock dealer.
10        "Clearee" means  any  person  whose  livestock  financial
11    transactions are processed through a clearing agency. For the
12    purpose  of  this  Act,  a  clearee  shall  be  licensed as a
13    livestock dealer.
14        "Clearing agency" means  a  financial  institution  which
15    provides  clearing  services  for a person buying and selling
16    livestock,  but  which  does  not  take  possession  of   the
17    livestock and, therefore, is not required to be licensed as a
18    livestock dealer.
19    (Source: P.A. 81-191.)
20        Section   15.  The  Slaughter  Livestock  Buyers  Act  is
21    amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
22        (225 ILCS 655/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 502)
23        Sec. 2. Definitions. As used  in  this  Act,  unless  the
24    context  otherwise  requires,  words  and  phrases  have  the
25    meaning ascribed to them as follows:
26        "Department"    means    the   Illinois   Department   of
27    Agriculture.
28        "Director" means the Director of the Illinois  Department
29    of Agriculture.
30        "Animals"  or  "livestock"  means  cattle,  goats, sheep,
31    swine, or  ratites  or  any  other  animals  of  the  bovine,
32    caprine, ovine, or porcine species.
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 1        "Slaughter  livestock  buyer" means any person determined
 2    by the Department to be engaged in the business of purchasing
 3    livestock in this State for slaughter and such  livestock  is
 4    slaughtered  in  this  or  any  other  state for food and the
 5    marketing meat products therefrom.
 6        "Agent" means any person duly authorized to represent  or
 7    act for a registrant.
 8        "Slaughter  livestock  broker"  means  any  person in the
 9    business   of   buying,   receiving,   selling,   exchanging,
10    negotiating, or soliciting the  sale,  resale,  exchange,  or
11    transferring  of  any  slaughter livestock purchased from the
12    producer or  his  agent  or  representative  or  received  on
13    consignment from the producer or his agent or representative.
14        "Registrant"  means  any person required to be registered
15    under this Act.
16        "Producer" means  any  producer  of  slaughter  livestock
17    produced in the State.
18        "On consignment" means any receiving or sale of slaughter
19    livestock,  wherein  the  broker  acts  as  the agent for the
20    owner.
21        "Person" means any association, corporation,  individual,
22    partnership or any other business unit.
23    (Source: P.A. 78-794.)
24        Section   20.  The  Illinois  Brand  Act  is  amended  by
25    changing Section 2.04 as follows:
26        (510 ILCS 40/2.04) (from Ch. 8, par. 33.62-04)
27        Sec.  2.04.   "Livestock"  means  bison,  cattle,  swine,
28    sheep, goats, ratites, or equidae.
29    (Source: P.A. 79-880.)
30        Section 25.  The Illinois  Domestic  Animals  Running  At
31    Large Act is amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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 1        (510 ILCS 55/1.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 1.1)
 2        Sec.  1.1.  Definitions.  As used in this Act, unless the
 3    context otherwise requires:
 4        "Livestock" means bison,  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  goats,
 5    equidae, ratites, or geese.
 6        "Owner"  means any person who (a) has a right of property
 7    in an animal, (b) keeps or harbors  an  animal,  (c)  has  an
 8    animal in his care, or (d) acts as custodian of an animal.
 9        "Person"   means   any   individual,  firm,  association,
10    partnership, corporation, or other legal entity,  any  public
11    or  private  institution,  the  State  of  Illinois,  or  any
12    municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State.
13        "Running at large" or "run at large" means livestock that
14    strays  from  confinement or restraint and from the limits of
15    the owner.
16    (Source: P.A. 84-28.)
17        Section 30.  The Humane Slaughter  of  Livestock  Act  is
18    amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
19        (510 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 229.52)
20        Sec. 2. Definitions.  As used in this Act:
21        (1)  "Director"  means  the Director of the Department of
22    Agriculture of the State of Illinois.
23        (2)  "Person"   means   any   individual,    partnership,
24    corporation,  or association doing business in this State, in
25    whole or in part.
26        (3)  "Slaughterer" means any person regularly engaged  in
27    the commercial slaughtering of livestock.
28        (4)  "Livestock"  means  cattle,  calves,  sheep,  swine,
29    horses, mules, goats, ratites, and any other animal which can
30    or  may  be  used  in and for the preparation of meat or meat
31    products for consumption by human beings or animals.
32        (5)  "Packer" means any person engaged in the business of
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 1    slaughtering or manufacturing or otherwise preparing meat  or
 2    meat  products  for sale, either by such person or others; or
 3    of manufacturing or preparing livestock products for sale  by
 4    such person or others.
 5        (6)  "Humane  method"  means  either (a) a method whereby
 6    the animal is rendered insensible to pain by  gunshot  or  by
 7    mechanical, electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid
 8    and  effective,  before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast
 9    or  cut;  or  (b)  a  method  in   accordance   with   ritual
10    requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith
11    whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of
12    the  brain  caused  by  the  simultaneous  and  instantaneous
13    severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
14    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2023.)

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