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1     AN ACT concerning animals.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Section 5.719 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
7     Sec. 5.719. The Equine Rescue Assistance Fund.
 
8     Section 7. The Illinois Horse Meat Act is amended by adding
9 Sections 13.1 and 13.3 as follows:
 
10     (225 ILCS 635/13.1 new)
11     Sec. 13.1. Exclusions from the Act. Horse meat labeled as
12 such in hermetically sealed containers and registered under the
13 Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961 is excluded from the
14 provisions of this Act. Horse meat prepared in federally
15 inspected plants located in the State of Illinois, for sale
16 outside of the State of Illinois, is excluded from the
17 provisions of this Act.
 
18     (225 ILCS 635/13.3 new)
19     Sec. 13.3. Equine Rescue Assistance Fund and Program.
20     (a) The Equine Rescue Assistance Fund is created as a

 

 

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1 special fund in the State Treasury. The Fund may accept fees,
2 gifts, grants, donations, and federal or State appropriations,
3 for use by the Department in making grants to qualified equine
4 rescue organizations through the Equine Rescue Assistance
5 Program.
6     (b) Federally inspected facilities that produce horse meat
7 that is exempt from this Act's requirements because of Section
8 13.1 shall collect a fee of $25 for every horse slaughtered.
9 These facilities shall remit these fees to the Department on a
10 quarterly basis, and the Department shall deposit remitted fees
11 into the Equine Rescue Assistance Fund.
12     (c) The Department shall create and administer an Equine
13 Rescue Assistance Program. Subject to appropriation from the
14 Fund, the Department shall make grants to qualified equine
15 rescue organizations for the expansion of equine rescue
16 facilities and for the care and maintenance of rescued horses.
 
17     (225 ILCS 635/1.5 rep.)
18     Section 10. The Illinois Horse Meat Act is amended by
19 repealing Section 1.5.
 
20     Section 15. The Animals Intended for Food Act is amended by
21 changing Section 2.1 as follows:
 
22     (410 ILCS 605/2.1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 107.1)
23     Sec. 2.1. When in the interest of the general public and in

 

 

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1 the opinion of the Department of Agriculture it is deemed
2 advisable, the Department has authority to quarantine or
3 restrict any and all animals intended for human consumption
4 that contain poisonous or deleterious substances which may
5 render meat or meat products or poultry or poultry products
6 from such animals or poultry injurious to health; except in
7 case the quantity of such substances in such animals does not
8 ordinarily render meat or meat products or poultry or poultry
9 products from such animals injurious to health.
10     The Department or its duly authorized agent shall
11 investigate or cause to be investigated all cases where it has
12 reason to believe that animals intended for human consumption
13 are contaminated with any poisonous or deleterious substance
14 which may render them unfit for human consumption.
15     The Department or its duly designated agent in performing
16 the duties vested in it under this Act is empowered to enter
17 any premises, barns, stables, sheds, or other places for the
18 purposes of administering this Act.
19     The Department may allow the sale or transfer of animals
20 under quarantine or restriction subject to reasonable rules and
21 regulations as may be prescribed.
22     For the purposes of this Act, the term "Animal" means
23 cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or other equidae,
24 goats, poultry and any other animal which can be or may be used
25 in and for meat or poultry or their products for human
26 consumption.

 

 

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1     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
2 the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
3 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
4 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
5 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
6 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
7 (Source: P.A. 95-2, eff. 5-24-07.)
 
8     Section 20. The Illinois Equine Infectious Anemia Control
9 Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
10     (510 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 8, par. 954)
11     Sec. 4. Tests of equidae entering the State. All equidae
12 more than 12 months of age entering the State for any reason
13 other than for immediate slaughter shall be accompanied by a
14 Certificate of Veterinary Inspection issued by an accredited
15 veterinarian of the state of origin within 30 days prior to
16 entry and shall be negative to an official test for EIA within
17 one year prior to entry. Equidae entering the State for
18 immediate slaughter shall be accompanied by a consignment
19 direct to slaughter at an approved equine slaughtering
20 establishment.
21     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
22 the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
23 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
24 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of

 

 

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1 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
2 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
3 (Source: P.A. 95-2, eff. 5-24-07.)
 
4     Section 25. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 5 and 7.5 as follows:
 
6     (510 ILCS 70/5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 705)
7     Sec. 5. Lame or disabled horses. No person shall sell,
8 offer to sell, lead, ride, transport, or drive on any public
9 way any equidae which, because of debility, disease, lameness
10 or any other cause, could not be worked in this State without
11 violating this Act, unless the equidae are being sold,
12 transported, or housed with the intent that it will be moved in
13 an expeditious and humane manner to an approved slaughtering
14 establishment. Such equidae may be conveyed to a proper place
15 for medical or surgical treatment, or for humane keeping or
16 euthanasia, or for slaughter in an approved slaughtering
17 establishment.
18     A person convicted of violating this Section or any rule,
19 regulation, or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
20 guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
21 violation is a Class 4 felony.
22     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
23 the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
24 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois

 

 

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1 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
2 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
3 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
4 (Source: P.A. 95-2, eff. 5-24-07.)
 
5     (510 ILCS 70/7.5)
6     Sec. 7.5. Downed animals.
7     (a) For the purpose of this Section a downed animal is one
8 incapable of walking without assistance.
9     (b) No downed animal shall be sent to a stockyard, auction,
10 or other facility where its impaired mobility may result in
11 suffering. An injured animal other than those of the equine
12 genus may be sent directly to a slaughter facility.
13     (c) A downed animal sent to a stockyard, auction, or other
14 facility in violation of this Section shall be humanely
15 euthanized, the disposition of such animal shall be the
16 responsibility of the owner, and the owner shall be liable for
17 any expense incurred.
18     If an animal becomes downed in transit it shall be the
19 responsibility of the carrier.
20     (d) A downed animal shall not be transported unless
21 individually segregated.
22     (e) A person convicted of violating this Section or any
23 rule, regulation, or order of the Department pursuant thereto
24 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
25 violation is a Class 4 felony, with every day that a violation

 

 

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1 continues constituting a separate offense.
2     (f) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act
3 of the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the
4 rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the
5 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and
6 procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any
7 purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is
8 unauthorized.
9 (Source: P.A. 95-2, eff. 5-24-07.)
 
10     Section 30. The Humane Slaughter of Livestock Act is
11 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
12     (510 ILCS 75/2)  (from Ch. 8, par. 229.52)
13     Sec. 2. As used in this Act:
14         (1) "Director" means the Director of the Department of
15     Agriculture of the State of Illinois.
16         (2) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
17     corporation, or association doing business in this State,
18     in whole or in part.
19         (3) "Slaughterer" means any person regularly engaged
20     in the commercial slaughtering of livestock.
21         (4) "Livestock" means cattle, calves, sheep, swine,
22     horses, mules, goats, and any other animal which can or may
23     be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products
24     for consumption by human beings or animals. "Livestock",

 

 

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1     however, does not include horses, mules, or other equidae
2     to be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat
3     products for consumption by human beings, which is
4     prohibited under Section 1.5 of the Illinois Horse Meat
5     Act.
6         (5) "Packer" means any person engaged in the business
7     of slaughtering or manufacturing or otherwise preparing
8     meat or meat products for sale, either by such person or
9     others; or of manufacturing or preparing livestock
10     products for sale by such person or others.
11         (6) "Humane method" means either (a) a method whereby
12     the animal is rendered insensible to pain by gunshot or by
13     mechanical, electrical, chemical or other means that is
14     rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted,
15     thrown, cast or cut; or (b) a method in accordance with
16     ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other
17     religious faith whereby the animal suffers loss of
18     consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the
19     simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid
20     arteries with a sharp instrument.
21     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
22 the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
23 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
24 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
25 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
26 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 95-2, eff. 5-24-07.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.