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      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".
                                                     LRB9001794DJcd
SB258 Engrossed                                LRB9001794DJcd
 1        AN ACT to amend the Meat and Poultry  Inspection  Act  by
 2    changing Section 2.6.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Meat  and  Poultry  Inspection  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Section 2.6 as follows:
 7        (225 ILCS 650/2.6) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 302.6)
 8        Sec.  2.6.  Animals.  "Animals"  means  cattle,   calves,
 9    American  bison  (buffalo),  catalo,  cattalo,  sheep, swine,
10    domestic deer,  domestic  elk,  domestic  antelope,  domestic
11    reindeer, ratites, water buffalo and goats.  For the purposes
12    of  this  Act, domestic deer, domestic elk, domestic antelope
13    and domestic reindeer  mean  live  deer,  elk,  antelope  and
14    reindeer  that are delivered to and slaughtered at a licensed
15    establishment.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-217.)
17        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
18    January 1, 1998.

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