Public Act 90-0385 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0385
HB0674 Enrolled LRB9003582SMdv
AN ACT in relation to governmental functions, amending
named Acts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
amended by changing Section 14 as follows:
(5 ILCS 315/14) (from Ch. 48, par. 1614)
Sec. 14. Security Employee, Peace Officer and Fire
Fighter Disputes.
(a) In the case of collective bargaining agreements
involving units of security employees of a public employer,
Peace Officer Units, or units of fire fighters or paramedics,
and in the case of disputes under Section 18, unless the
parties mutually agree to some other time limit, mediation
shall commence 30 days prior to the expiration date of such
agreement or at such later time as the mediation services
chosen under subsection (b) of Section 12 can be provided to
the parties. In the case of negotiations for an initial
collective bargaining agreement, mediation shall commence
upon 15 days notice from either party or at such later time
as the mediation services chosen pursuant to subsection (b)
of Section 12 can be provided to the parties. In mediation
under this Section, if either party requests the use of
mediation services from the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, the other party shall either join in
such request or bear the additional cost of mediation
services from another source. The mediator shall have a duty
to keep the Board informed on the progress of the mediation.
If any dispute has not been resolved within 15 days after the
first meeting of the parties and the mediator, or within such
other time limit as may be mutually agreed upon by the
parties, either the exclusive representative or employer may
request of the other, in writing, arbitration, and shall
submit a copy of the request to the Board.
(b) Within 10 days after such a request for arbitration
has been made, the employer shall choose a delegate and the
employees' exclusive representative shall choose a delegate
to a panel of arbitration as provided in this Section. The
employer and employees shall forthwith advise the other and
the Board of their selections.
(c) Within 7 days of the request of either party, the
Board shall select from the Public Employees Labor Mediation
Roster 7 persons who are on the labor arbitration panels of
either the American Arbitration Association or the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service, or who are members of the
National Academy of Arbitrators, as nominees for impartial
arbitrator of the arbitration panel. The parties may select
an individual on the list provided by the Board or any other
individual mutually agreed upon by the parties. Within 7
days following the receipt of the list, the parties shall
notify the Board of the person they have selected. Unless
the parties agree on an alternate selection procedure, they
shall alternatively strike one name from the list provided by
the Board until only one name remains. A coin toss shall
determine which party shall strike the first name. If the
parties fail to notify the Board in a timely manner of their
selection for neutral chairman, the Board shall appoint a
neutral chairman from the Illinois Public Employees
Mediation/Arbitration Roster.
(d) The chairman shall call a hearing to begin within 15
days and give reasonable notice of the time and place of the
hearing. The hearing shall be held at the offices of the
Board or at such other location as the Board deems
appropriate. The chairman shall preside over the hearing and
shall take testimony. Any oral or documentary evidence and
other data deemed relevant by the arbitration panel may be
received in evidence. The proceedings shall be informal.
Technical rules of evidence shall not apply and the
competency of the evidence shall not thereby be deemed
impaired. A verbatim record of the proceedings shall be made
and the arbitrator shall arrange for the necessary recording
service. Transcripts may be ordered at the expense of the
party ordering them, but the transcripts shall not be
necessary for a decision by the arbitration panel. The
expense of the proceedings, including a fee for the chairman,
established in advance by the Board, shall be borne equally
by each of the parties to the dispute. The delegates, if
public officers or employees, shall continue on the payroll
of the public employer without loss of pay. The hearing
conducted by the arbitration panel may be adjourned from time
to time, but unless otherwise agreed by the parties, shall be
concluded within 30 days of the time of its commencement.
Majority actions and rulings shall constitute the actions and
rulings of the arbitration panel. Arbitration proceedings
under this Section shall not be interrupted or terminated by
reason of any unfair labor practice charge filed by either
party at any time.
(e) The arbitration panel may administer oaths, require
the attendance of witnesses, and the production of such
books, papers, contracts, agreements and documents as may be
deemed by it material to a just determination of the issues
in dispute, and for such purpose may issue subpoenas. If any
person refuses to obey a subpoena, or refuses to be sworn or
to testify, or if any witness, party or attorney is guilty of
any contempt while in attendance at any hearing, the
arbitration panel may, or the attorney general if requested
shall, invoke the aid of any circuit court within the
jurisdiction in which the hearing is being held, which court
shall issue an appropriate order. Any failure to obey the
order may be punished by the court as contempt.
(f) At any time before the rendering of an award, the
chairman of the arbitration panel, if he is of the opinion
that it would be useful or beneficial to do so, may remand
the dispute to the parties for further collective bargaining
for a period not to exceed 2 weeks. If the dispute is
remanded for further collective bargaining the time
provisions of this Act shall be extended for a time period
equal to that of the remand. The chairman of the panel of
arbitration shall notify the Board of the remand.
(g) At or before the conclusion of the hearing held
pursuant to subsection (d), the arbitration panel shall
identify the economic issues in dispute, and direct each of
the parties to submit, within such time limit as the panel
shall prescribe, to the arbitration panel and to each other
its last offer of settlement on each economic issue. The
determination of the arbitration panel as to the issues in
dispute and as to which of these issues are economic shall be
conclusive. The arbitration panel, within 30 days after the
conclusion of the hearing, or such further additional periods
to which the parties may agree, shall make written findings
of fact and promulgate a written opinion and shall mail or
otherwise deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and
their representatives and to the Board. As to each economic
issue, the arbitration panel shall adopt the last offer of
settlement which, in the opinion of the arbitration panel,
more nearly complies with the applicable factors prescribed
in subsection (h). The findings, opinions and order as to
all other issues shall be based upon the applicable factors
prescribed in subsection (h).
(h) Where there is no agreement between the parties, or
where there is an agreement but the parties have begun
negotiations or discussions looking to a new agreement or
amendment of the existing agreement, and wage rates or other
conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended
agreement are in dispute, the arbitration panel shall base
its findings, opinions and order upon the following factors,
as applicable:
(1) The lawful authority of the employer.
(2) Stipulations of the parties.
(3) The interests and welfare of the public and the
financial ability of the unit of government to meet those
costs.
(4) Comparison of the wages, hours and conditions
of employment of the employees involved in the
arbitration proceeding with the wages, hours and
conditions of employment of other employees performing
similar services and with other employees generally:
(A) In public employment in comparable
communities.
(B) In private employment in comparable
communities.
(5) The average consumer prices for goods and
services, commonly known as the cost of living.
(6) The overall compensation presently received by
the employees, including direct wage compensation,
vacations, holidays and other excused time, insurance and
pensions, medical and hospitalization benefits, the
continuity and stability of employment and all other
benefits received.
(7) Changes in any of the foregoing circumstances
during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings.
(8) Such other factors, not confined to the
foregoing, which are normally or traditionally taken into
consideration in the determination of wages, hours and
conditions of employment through voluntary collective
bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration or
otherwise between the parties, in the public service or
in private employment.
(i) In the case of peace officers, the arbitration
decision shall be limited to wages, hours, and conditions of
employment (which may include residency requirements in
municipalities with a population under 1,000,000, but those
residency requirements shall not allow residency outside of
Illinois) and shall not include the following: i) residency
requirements in municipalities with a population of at least
1,000,000; ii) the type of equipment, other than uniforms,
issued or used; iii) manning; iv) the total number of
employees employed by the department; v) mutual aid and
assistance agreements to other units of government; and vi)
the criterion pursuant to which force, including deadly
force, can be used; provided, nothing herein shall preclude
an arbitration decision regarding equipment or manning levels
if such decision is based on a finding that the equipment or
manning considerations in a specific work assignment involve
a serious risk to the safety of a peace officer beyond that
which is inherent in the normal performance of police duties.
Limitation of the terms of the arbitration decision pursuant
to this subsection shall not be construed to limit the
factors upon which the decision may be based, as set forth in
subsection (h).
In the case of fire fighter, and fire department or fire
district paramedic matters, the arbitration decision shall be
limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment (which
may include residency requirements in municipalities with a
population under 1,000,000, but those residency requirements
shall not allow residency outside of Illinois) and shall not
include the following matters: i) residency requirements in
municipalities with a population of at least 1,000,000; ii)
the type of equipment (other than uniforms and fire fighter
turnout gear) issued or used; iii) the total number of
employees employed by the department; iv) mutual aid and
assistance agreements to other units of government; and v)
the criterion pursuant to which force, including deadly
force, can be used; provided, however, nothing herein shall
preclude an arbitration decision regarding equipment levels
if such decision is based on a finding that the equipment
considerations in a specific work assignment involve a
serious risk to the safety of a fire fighter beyond that
which is inherent in the normal performance of fire fighter
duties. Limitation of the terms of the arbitration decision
pursuant to this subsection shall not be construed to limit
the facts upon which the decision may be based, as set forth
in subsection (h).
The changes to this subsection (i) made by this
amendatory Act of 1997 (relating to residency requirements)
do not apply to persons who are employed by a combined
department that performs both police and firefighting
services; these persons shall be governed by the provisions
of this subsection (i) relating to peace officers, as they
existed before the amendment by this amendatory Act of 1997.
To preserve historical bargaining rights, this subsection
shall not apply to any provision of a fire fighter collective
bargaining agreement in effect and applicable on the
effective date of this Act; provided, however, nothing herein
shall preclude arbitration with respect to any such
provision.
(j) Arbitration procedures shall be deemed to be
initiated by the filing of a letter requesting mediation as
required under subsection (a) of this Section. The
commencement of a new municipal fiscal year after the
initiation of arbitration procedures under this Act, but
before the arbitration decision, or its enforcement, shall
not be deemed to render a dispute moot, or to otherwise
impair the jurisdiction or authority of the arbitration panel
or its decision. Increases in rates of compensation awarded
by the arbitration panel may be effective only at the start
of the fiscal year next commencing after the date of the
arbitration award. If a new fiscal year has commenced either
since the initiation of arbitration procedures under this Act
or since any mutually agreed extension of the statutorily
required period of mediation under this Act by the parties to
the labor dispute causing a delay in the initiation of
arbitration, the foregoing limitations shall be inapplicable,
and such awarded increases may be retroactive to the
commencement of the fiscal year, any other statute or charter
provisions to the contrary, notwithstanding. At any time the
parties, by stipulation, may amend or modify an award of
arbitration.
(k) Orders of the arbitration panel shall be reviewable,
upon appropriate petition by either the public employer or
the exclusive bargaining representative, by the circuit court
for the county in which the dispute arose or in which a
majority of the affected employees reside, but only for
reasons that the arbitration panel was without or exceeded
its statutory authority; the order is arbitrary, or
capricious; or the order was procured by fraud, collusion or
other similar and unlawful means. Such petitions for review
must be filed with the appropriate circuit court within 90
days following the issuance of the arbitration order. The
pendency of such proceeding for review shall not
automatically stay the order of the arbitration panel. The
party against whom the final decision of any such court shall
be adverse, if such court finds such appeal or petition to be
frivolous, shall pay reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to
the successful party as determined by said court in its
discretion. If said court's decision affirms the award of
money, such award, if retroactive, shall bear interest at the
rate of 12 percent per annum from the effective retroactive
date.
(l) During the pendency of proceedings before the
arbitration panel, existing wages, hours, and other
conditions of employment shall not be changed by action of
either party without the consent of the other but a party may
so consent without prejudice to his rights or position under
this Act. The proceedings are deemed to be pending before
the arbitration panel upon the initiation of arbitration
procedures under this Act.
(m) Security officers of public employers, and Peace
Officers, Fire Fighters and fire department and fire
protection district paramedics, covered by this Section may
not withhold services, nor may public employers lock out or
prevent such employees from performing services at any time.
(n) All of the terms decided upon by the arbitration
panel shall be included in an agreement to be submitted to
the public employer's governing body for ratification and
adoption by law, ordinance or the equivalent appropriate
means.
The governing body shall review each term decided by the
arbitration panel. If the governing body fails to reject one
or more terms of the arbitration panel's decision by a 3/5
vote of those duly elected and qualified members of the
governing body, within 20 days of issuance, or in the case of
firefighters employed by a state university, at the next
regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body after
issuance, such term or terms shall become a part of the
collective bargaining agreement of the parties. If the
governing body affirmatively rejects one or more terms of the
arbitration panel's decision, it must provide reasons for
such rejection with respect to each term so rejected, within
20 days of such rejection and the parties shall return to the
arbitration panel for further proceedings and issuance of a
supplemental decision with respect to the rejected terms.
Any supplemental decision by an arbitration panel or other
decision maker agreed to by the parties shall be submitted to
the governing body for ratification and adoption in
accordance with the procedures and voting requirements set
forth in this Section. The voting requirements of this
subsection shall apply to all disputes submitted to
arbitration pursuant to this Section notwithstanding any
contrary voting requirements contained in any existing
collective bargaining agreement between the parties.
(o) If the governing body of the employer votes to
reject the panel's decision, the parties shall return to the
panel within 30 days from the issuance of the reasons for
rejection for further proceedings and issuance of a
supplemental decision. All reasonable costs of such
supplemental proceeding including the exclusive
representative's reasonable attorney's fees, as established
by the Board, shall be paid by the employer.
(p) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section the
employer and exclusive representative may agree to submit
unresolved disputes concerning wages, hours, terms and
conditions of employment to an alternative form of impasse
resolution.
(Source: P.A. 89-195, eff. 7-21-95.)
Section 2. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 40.36 as follows:
(20 ILCS 205/40.36) (from Ch. 127, par. 40.36)
Sec. 40.36. To establish and administer the "Illinois
Product Grown" label program, whereby the Department shall
design and produce a label with the words "Illinois Product
Grown" on it which may be placed on food and agribusiness
commodities each container of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat
or other food commodity produced, processed, or packaged
originating in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
Section 3. The Animal Welfare Act is amended by changing
Sections 2 and 10 and adding Section 6.5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 605/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 302)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Department" means the Illinois Department of
Agriculture.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department
of Agriculture.
"Pet shop operator" means any person who sells, offers to
sell, exchange, or offers for adoption with or without charge
or donation dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, or other
animals customarily obtained as pets in this State. However,
a person who sells only such animals that he has produced and
raised shall not be considered a pet shop operator under this
Act, and a veterinary hospital or clinic operated by a
veterinarian or veterinarians licensed under the Veterinary
Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 1994 shall not be
considered a pet shop operator under this Act.
"Dog dealer" means any person who sells, offers to sell,
exchange, or offers for adoption with or without charge or
donation dogs in this State. However, a person who sells only
dogs that he has produced and raised shall not be considered
a dog dealer under this Act, and a veterinary hospital or
clinic operated by a veterinarian or veterinarians licensed
under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of
1994 shall not be considered a dog dealer under this Act.
"Secretary of Agriculture" or "Secretary" means the
Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of
Agriculture.
"Person" means any person, firm, corporation,
partnership, association or other legal entity, any public or
private institution, the State of Illinois, or any municipal
corporation or political subdivision of the State.
"Kennel operator" means any person who operates an
establishment, other than an animal control facility,
veterinary hospital, or animal shelter, where dogs or dogs
and cats are maintained for boarding, training or similar
purposes for a fee or compensation; or who sells, offers to
sell, exchange, or offers for adoption with or without charge
dogs or dogs and cats which he has produced and raised. A
person who owns, has possession of, or harbors 5 or less
females capable of reproduction shall not be considered a
kennel operator.
"Cattery operator" means any person who operates an
establishment, other than an animal control facility or
animal shelter, where cats are maintained for boarding,
training or similar purposes for a fee or compensation; or
who sells, offers to sell, exchange, or offers for adoption
with or without charges cats which he has produced and
raised. A person who owns, has possession of, or harbors 5
or less females capable of reproduction shall not be
considered a cattery operator.
"Animal control facility" means any facility operated by
or under contract for the State, county, or any municipal
corporation or political subdivision of the State for the
purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless,
abandoned or unwanted dogs, cats, and other animals. "Animal
control facility" also means any veterinary hospital or
clinic operated by a veterinarian or veterinarians licensed
under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of
1994 which operates for the above mentioned purpose in
addition to its customary purposes.
"Animal shelter" means a facility operated, owned, or
maintained by a duly incorporated humane society, animal
welfare society, or other non-profit organization for the
purpose of providing for and promoting the welfare,
protection, and humane treatment of animals. "Animal
shelter" also means any veterinary hospital or clinic
operated by a veterinarian or veterinarians licensed under
the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 1994
which operates for the above mentioned purpose in addition to
its customary purposes.
"Foster home" means an entity that accepts the
responsibility for stewardship of animals that are the
obligation of an animal shelter, not to exceed 4 animals at
any given time. Permits to operate as a "foster home" shall
be issued through the animal shelter.
"Guard dog service" means an entity that, for a fee,
furnishes or leases guard or sentry dogs for the protection
of life or property. A person is not a guard dog service
solely because he or she owns a dog and uses it to guard his
or her home, business, or farmland.
"Guard dog" means a type of dog used primarily for the
purpose of defending, patrolling, or protecting property or
life at a commercial establishment other than a farm. "Guard
dog" does not include stock dogs used primarily for handling
and controlling livestock or farm animals, nor does it
include personally owned pets that also provide security.
"Sentry dog" means a dog trained to work without
supervision in a fenced facility other than a farm, and to
deter or detain unauthorized persons found within the
facility.
(Source: P.A. 88-424; 89-178, eff. 7-19-95.)
(225 ILCS 605/6.5 new)
Sec. 6.5. Termination of application; forfeiture of
license fee. Failure of any applicant to meet all of the
requirements for compliance within 60 days of receipt of a
license application shall result in termination of the
application and forfeiture of the license fee.
(225 ILCS 605/10) (from Ch. 8, par. 310)
Sec. 10. Grounds for discipline. The Department may
refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license
on any one or more of the following grounds:
a. Material misstatement in the application for original
license or in the application for any renewal license under
this Act;
b. A violation of this Act or of any regulations or
rules issued pursuant thereto;
c. Aiding or abetting another in the violation of this
Act or of any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto;
d. Allowing one's license under this Act to be used by
an unlicensed person;
e. Conviction of any crime an essential element of which
is misstatement, fraud or dishonesty or conviction of any
felony, if the Department determines, after investigation,
that such person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to
warrant the public trust;
f. Conviction of a violation of any law of Illinois
except minor violations such as traffic violations and
violations not related to the disposition of dogs, cats and
other animals or any rule or regulation of the Department
relating to dogs or cats and sale thereof;
g. Making substantial misrepresentations or false
promises of a character likely to influence, persuade or
induce in connection with the business of a licensee under
this Act;
h. Pursuing a continued course of misrepresentation of
or making false promises through advertising, salesman,
agents or otherwise in connection with the business of a
licensee under this Act; or
i. Failure to possess the necessary qualifications or to
meet the requirements of the Act for the issuance or holding
a license; or.
j. Proof that the licensee is guilty of gross
negligence, incompetency, or cruelty with regard to animals.
The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the
license of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay
the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to
pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as
required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois
Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
any such tax Act are satisfied.
The Department may order any licensee to cease operation
for a period not to exceed 72 hours to correct deficiencies
in order to meet licensing requirements.
(Source: P.A. 89-178, eff. 7-19-95.)
Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
Section 5 as follows:
(510 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 355)
Sec. 5. Duties and powers.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Administrator, through
education, rabies inoculation, stray control, impoundment,
quarantine, and any other means deemed necessary, to control
and prevent the spread of rabies in his county. It shall
also be the duty of the Administrator to investigate and
substantiate all claims made under Section 19 of this Act.
(b) Counties may by ordinance determine the extent of
the police powers that may be exercised by the Administrator,
Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control Wardens, which
powers shall pertain only to this Act. The Administrator,
Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control Wardens may issue
and serve shall not have the power of police officers except
for the purposes of issuing and serving citations and orders
for violations of this Act. The Administrator, Deputy
Administrators, and Animal Control Wardens may not carry are
prohibited from carrying weapons unless they have been
specifically authorized to carry weapons by county ordinance.
Animal Control Wardens, however, may use tranquilizer guns
and equipment without specific weapons authorization.
A person authorized to carry firearms by county ordinance
under this subsection must have completed the training course
for peace officers prescribed in the Peace Officer Firearm
Training Act. The cost of this training shall be paid by the
county.
(c) The sheriff and all sheriff's and his deputies and
municipal police officers shall cooperate with the
Administrator in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-1269.)
Section 10. The Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended
by changing Sections 1, 3, 19, 22, and 24 as follows:
(510 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 168)
Sec. 1. For the purposes of this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the
State of Illinois.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department
of Agriculture, or his duly appointed representative.
"Contagious or infectious disease" means a specific
disease designated by the Department as contagious or
infectious under rules pertaining to this Act.
"Reportable disease" means a specific disease designated
by the Department as reportable under rules pertaining to
this Act.
"Infectious disease" means the reaction resulting from
the introduction into the body of a specific
disease-producing organism or its toxic product.
"Contagious disease" means a specific infectious disease
which is readily transmitted from host to host by direct
contact or by means of an intermediate host.
"Animals" means domestic animals, poultry, and wild
animals in captivity.
(Source: P.A. 81-196.)
(510 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 170)
Sec. 3. Upon its becoming known to the Department that
any animals are infected, or suspected of being infected,
with any contagious or infectious disease, the Department
shall have the authority to cause proper examination thereof
to be made; and if such disease is found to be of a
dangerously contagious or dangerously infectious nature,
shall order such diseased animals and such as have been
exposed to such disease, and the premises in or on which they
are, or have recently occupied, to be quarantined. The
Department may, in connection with any such quarantine, order
that no animal which has been or is so diseased, or exposed
to such disease, may be removed from the premises so
quarantined and that no animal susceptible to such disease
may be brought therein or thereon, except under such rules as
the Department may prescribe.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3164.)
(510 ILCS 50/19) (from Ch. 8, par. 186)
Sec. 19. Any railroad, truck, steamboat, transportation
or stockyard company violating any of the provisions of
Section 18, or any of the rules of the Department referred to
therein, shall be guilty of a business offense and shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000)
for each offense.
(Source: P.A. 77-2679.)
(510 ILCS 50/22) (from Ch. 8, par. 189)
Sec. 22. Any veterinarian having information of the
existence of any reportable contagious or infectious disease
among animals in this State, who fails to promptly report
such knowledge to the Department, shall be guilty of a
business offense and shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
$1,000 for each offense Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 77-2679.)
(510 ILCS 50/24) (from Ch. 8, par. 191)
Sec. 24. Any owner or person having charge of any animal
swine and having knowledge of, or reasonable grounds to
suspect the existence among them of, the disease known as
"hog cholera," or of any other contagious or infectious
disease and who does not use reasonable means to prevent the
spread of such disease; or who conveys upon or along any
public highway or other public grounds or any private lands,
any diseased animal swine, or animal swine known to have died
of, or been slaughtered on account of, any contagious or
infectious disease, shall be liable in damages to the person
or persons who may have suffered loss on account thereof.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 1, p. 24.)
Section 15. The Illinois Swine Disease Control and
Eradication Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(510 ILCS 100/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 503)
Sec. 3. It is the duty of the owner or person having
charge of any swine and having knowledge of or reasonable
grounds to suspect the existence among such swine of any
contagious or infectious disease, as defined in Section 1 of
the Illinois Diseased Animals Act, to use all reasonable
means to prevent the spread of the disease. When such
knowledge comes to such person that any swine had died of, or
had been slaughtered on account of any such disease, it is
such person's duty to immediately dispose of such swine as
provided in "An Act in relation to the disposal of dead
animals", approved July 16, 1941, as now or hereafter
amended.
(Source: P.A. 86-231.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.