(410 ILCS 635/4) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2204)
Sec. 4.
The Illinois Department of Public Health shall administer and
enforce this Act. However, any local unit of government with a population of
1,000,000 or more and having or contracting with a health department with
a qualified administrative and inspectional staff meeting the personnel
standards promulgated by the Illinois Department of Public Health, may administer
and enforce this Act by adopting an ordinance containing provisions for
enforcement and penalties, and adopting by reference the rules and regulations
promulgated and amended from time to time by the Department under the authority
of this Act. A local unit of government that is so qualified and elects to administer
and enforce this Act shall furnish the Department a copy of its ordinance
and the names and qualifications of the employees required by this Act.
When it is determined by the Department that the local unit of government
is not administering or enforcing the approved local ordinance in an approved
manner, such local unit of government shall be notified
in writing and given a reasonable
time to improve its administration and enforcement of the approved
ordinance. During this time period, the Department may
make inspections or take enforcement action as necessary to insure compliance
with the provisions of this Act. If after such notice and time allowed
the local unit of government is unable to administer and enforce the
approved ordinance in an approved manner, the approval to administer
and enforce this Act shall be revoked and the
administration and enforcement of this Act shall revert
to the Department.
Dairy farms, milk plants, receiving stations, cleaning and
sanitizing facilities, transfer stations, and
milk hauler-samplers in jurisdictions under a local ordinance
at the time of the
effective date of this Act will be subject to the local ordinance in lieu
of this Act until July 1, 1986, or until the date prior to July 1, 1986,
when the local ordinance is brought into compliance with this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-526, eff. 7-19-96.)
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