093_HB0176enr

 
HB0176 Enrolled                      LRB093 03775 AMC 03810 b

 1        AN ACT concerning animal cremation services.

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

 4        Section  5.   The Environmental Protection Act is amended
 5    by adding Section 22.49 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 5/22.49 new)
 7        Sec. 22.49. Animal  cremation.   Unless  subject  to  the
 8    requirements   of   Title  XV  of  this  Act  as  potentially
 9    infectious medical waste, a  deceased  companion  animal,  as
10    defined  in  the  Companion  Animal  Cremation  Act,  that is
11    delivered  to  a  provider  of  companion  animal   cremation
12    services subject to the Companion Animal Cremation Act is not
13    waste  for  the  purposes  of  this Act.  Providing companion
14    animal cremation services at a location does  not  make  that
15    location a waste management facility for the purposes of this
16    Act.
17        For the purposes of this Section, "companion animal" does
18    not include livestock.