(225 ILCS 640/10a) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 217a)
    Sec. 10a. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the movement of livestock into stockyards registered under the Packers and Stockyards Act, a State-Federal approved slaughtering establishment or a marketing center. The United States Department of Agriculture or the Illinois Department of Agriculture has the authority, however, to prohibit the entry, movement, or sale of diseased animals.
(Source: P.A. 91-457, eff. 1-1-00.)