Public Act 095-0335
 		





SB0557 Enrolled
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    AN ACT concerning animals.

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


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act 
is amended  by changing Sections 1.5 and 5 and  by adding Section 
1.16 as follows:
 



    (510 ILCS 30/1.5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 134.5)



    Sec. 1.5. The term "infected animal" or "reactor" means an 
animal which has
given positive reaction to an official test 
for the detection of
brucellosis and has been so classified 
after review by the designated brucellosis epidemiologist, or 
other State and federally approved designee, or if Brucella 
microorganisms have been found in the body or
in the body 
discharges.

(Source: P.A. 76-972.)

 
    (510 ILCS 30/1.16  new)
    Sec. 1.16. Designated brucellosis epidemiologist. The term 
"designated brucellosis epidemiologist" means an 
epidemiologist who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability 
to perform the functions required by the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture and who has been selected as a designated 
brucellosis epidemiologist by the State Animal Health Official 
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 



    (510 ILCS 30/5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 138)



    Sec. 5. When one or more animals in a herd have been 
classified as reactors
to an official test, the entire herd, 
except steers, spayed heifers and
calves under 6 months of age, 
shall be quarantined immediately and the
owner so notified. An 
accredited veterinarian or a veterinarian in the
employ of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United
States 
Department of Agriculture, or any successor agency, shall 
permanently
hot iron brand each animal classified
as a reactor, 
within 15 days after classification of such animal as a 
reactor,
on the left hip
with the letter "B", such letter to be 
not less than 2 nor more than 3
inches in height, and shall 
place a special identification tag in the left
ear of such 
reactor.  The veterinarian applying an official test for

brucellosis shall immediately notify the Department of each 
such reactor on
forms furnished by the Department, giving the 
number of the tag placed in
the left ear and the number of any 
tag in the right ear. Reactors shall be
shipped for slaughter 
within 30 days of test date, except
that the Department may, 
upon request, grant an extension of not more than
30 days. 
Suspect animals which have a history of having aborted and are

from a herd containing reactors may be designated as reactors 
by the
veterinarian obtaining the blood samples, when approved 
by the
Department.
Suspect animals in herds under quarantine 
due to brucellosis infection may
be designated as reactors by 
the Department if deemed advisable in the interest of

brucellosis eradication. No person shall remove any reactor 
identification
tag.

    All animals classified as suspects to an official test 
shall be
positively identified and their movement restricted to 
the premises where
found until they are retested and found 
negative, or identified as
reactors.

    Animals with a positive result to an official test at 
livestock markets may be slaughtered or returned to the herd of 
origin only by permit and must remain under quarantine for 
further evaluation.

(Source: P.A. 90-192, eff. 7-24-97.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.