HB5980 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5980

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 620/21.4 new

Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may not regulate the practice of extracting honey from a bee comb by a beekeeper, nor may the Department regulate or inspect honey houses. Defines "honey house" as any stationary or portable building, or any room or place within a building, used for the purpose of extracting, processing, or other handling of honey. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is amended by adding Section 21.4 as follows:

(410 ILCS 620/21.4 new)

Sec. 21.4. Honey. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Department may not regulate the practice of extracting honey from a bee comb by a beekeeper, nor may the Department regulate or inspect honey houses. As used in this Section, "honey house" means any stationary or portable building, or any room or place within a building, used for the purpose of extracting, processing, or other handling of honey.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.