98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0894

 

Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 20/2-1

    Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the regulation of nuisances.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Bees and Apiaries Act is amended by changing
5Section 2-1 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 20/2-1)
7    Sec. 2-1. Nuisances. All bees, colonies, or items of bee
8equipment, where bee diseases, bee parasites or exotic strains
9of bees exist; or hives that that cannot be readily inspected;
10or colonies that are not registered, are declared to be
11nuisances to be regulated as prescribed by the Department.
12    If the Department finds by inspection that any person is
13maintaining a nuisance as described in this Section, it shall
14proceed to regulate the nuisance by methods or procedures
15deemed necessary for control in accordance with rules and
16regulations of the Department.
17    If the owner or beekeeper cannot be found or will not
18consent to the terms for regulation of the nuisance, the
19Department shall notify in writing the owner or beekeeper,
20disclose the fact that nuisance exits and prescribe the method
21by which the nuisance may be abated. The notice declaring that
22a nuisance exists and ordering its abatement shall include:
23        (1) a statement of conditions constituting the

 

 

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1    nuisance;
2        (2) establishment of the time period within which the
3    nuisance is to be abated;
4        (3) directions, written or printed, pointing out the
5    methods that shall be employed to abate the nuisance;
6        (4) a statement of the consequences should the owner or
7    beekeeper fail to comply.
8    The notice may be served personally or by certified mail
9with a return receipt requested. The directions for abatement
10of a nuisance may consist of a printed circular, bulletin or
11report of the Department, the United States Department of
12Agriculture or others, or an extract from such document.
13    If the person so notified refuses or fails to abate the
14nuisance in the manner and in the time prescribed in the
15notice, the Department may cause the nuisance to be abated. The
16Department shall certify, to the owner or beekeeper, the cost
17of the abatement. The owner or beekeeper shall pay to the
18Department any costs of that action, within 60 days after
19certification that the nuisance has been abated. If the costs
20of abatement are not remitted, the Department may recover the
21costs before any court in the State having competent
22jurisdiction.
23(Source: P.A. 88-138.)