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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 9 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 50/9)  (from Ch. 8, par. 176)
7    Sec. 9. The Department may promulgate and adopt reasonable
8rules and regulations to prevent the spread of any
9contamination or contagious or infectious disease within this
10State. If the condition so warrants, the Director may request
11the Governor to issue a proclamation quarantining an affected
12municipality or geographical district whereby all animals of
13the kind diseased or contaminated would not be permitted to be
14moved from one premises to another within the municipality or
15geographical district, or over any public highway, or any
16unfenced lot or piece of ground, or from being brought into, or
17taken from the infected or contaminated municipality or
18geographical district, except by a special permit, signed by
19the Director. Any such proclamation shall, from the time of
20its publication, bind all persons. Within one week after the
21publication of any such proclamation, every person who owns,
22or who is in charge of animals of the kind diseased or
23contaminated within the municipality or geographical district,

 

 

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1shall report to the Department the number and description of
2such animals, their location, and the name and address of the
3owner or person in charge, and during the continuance of the
4quarantine to report to the Department all cases of sickness,
5deaths or births among such animals.
6    If the condition so warrants, the Director may declare a
7temporary prohibition on the sale, movement, or exhibition of
8certain types of animals in order to prevent or reduce the
9spread of any contamination or disease in this State. The
10declaration shall be for a period not to exceed 30 days, but
11the declaration may be extended in increments not to exceed 30
12days if the condition so warrants.
13(Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)