95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2775


 
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Frank C. Watson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



510 ILCS 50/6
  from Ch. 8, par. 173







    Amends the Illinois Diseased Animals Act. Requires the Department of Agriculture to quarantine dogs testing positive for Brucella Canis and other dogs in contact with infected dogs. Sets forth conditions for releasing dogs from quarantine. Effective immediately.
















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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 Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 6 as follows:
 



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    (510 ILCS 50/6)  (from Ch. 8, par. 173)



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    Sec. 6. Whenever quarantine is established in accordance 
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with the
provisions of this Act, notice shall be given by 
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delivery in person or by
mailing by registered or certified 
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mail, postage prepaid, to the owner or
occupant of any premises 
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so quarantined. Such notice shall be written or
printed, or 
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partly written and partly printed, with an explanation of the

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contents thereof. Such quarantine shall be sufficiently proved 
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in any court
by the production of a true copy of such notice of 
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quarantine together with
an affidavit, sworn to by the officer 
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or employee of the Department who
delivered or mailed such 
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notice, containing a statement that the original
thereof was 
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delivered or mailed in the manner herein prescribed.

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    Every quarantine so established shall remain in effect 
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until removed by
order of the Department. Any person aggrieved 
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by any quarantine may appeal
to the Department which shall 
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thereupon sustain, modify or annul the
quarantine as it may 
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deem proper. Quarantines will be removed when epidemiological 
 


 






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evidence indicates that the disease or contamination threat to 
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humans or other animals no longer exists.


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    Any dog testing positive for Brucella Canis and any other 
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dog that has been in contact with an infected dog shall be 
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quarantined by the Department. The AGID test shall be the 
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definitive test used to determine whether a dog is infected 
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with Brucella Canis. Dogs placed under quarantine shall be 
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released when all of the following conditions have been met:
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        (1) All test-positive dogs have either been euthanized 
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    or isolated from test-negative dogs.
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        (2) All dogs 12 weeks of age and older have been 
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    negative on 2 tests at least  30 days apart with the first 
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    test being no sooner than 30 days after the euthanasia or 
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    isolation of all test-positive dogs.
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        (3) Any dog receiving antibiotics during the 
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    quarantine period has been tested using the AGID or ELISA 
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    test; and the type of antibiotic, dose given, and duration 
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    of treatment has been provided to the Department.
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        (4) Dogs that have received no antibiotics for more 
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    than 6 months have been tested using at least the card 
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    test.
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        (5) All puppies from test-positive dams have been 
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    isolated for 30 days post-weaning and subsequently test 
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    negative on 2 tests at least 30 days apart.
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(Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 


 






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becoming law.