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| 1 | AN ACT concerning animals. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Bees and Apiaries Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 2-4, 2a, and 5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (510 ILCS 20/2-4) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-4. Right of entry. The Department shall have the | ||||||
| 8 | power to inspect or cause to be inspected from time to time any | ||||||
| 9 | bees, colonies, items of bee equipment or apiary. For the | ||||||
| 10 | purpose of inspection, the Director is authorized during | ||||||
| 11 | reasonable business hours to enter into or upon any property | ||||||
| 12 | used for the purpose of beekeeping and, when practicable, | ||||||
| 13 | shall provide notification to the beekeeper or landowner. | ||||||
| 14 | (Source: P.A. 88-138.) | ||||||
| 15 | (510 ILCS 20/2a) (from Ch. 8, par. 124a) | ||||||
| 16 | Sec. 2a. Transportation Intrastate transportation. | ||||||
| 17 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not | ||||||
| 18 | produce, sell, resell, or transport packages, queens, hives, | ||||||
| 19 | nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment within Illinois, | ||||||
| 20 | into Illinois, or from Illinois to another state without a | ||||||
| 21 | valid compliance agreement or permit. The permit shall be | ||||||
| 22 | issued by the Department based upon an inspection certificate | ||||||
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| 1 | from the Department. No person shall transport a colony of | ||||||
| 2 | bees or items of used bee equipment between counties within | ||||||
| 3 | this State without a permit or compliance agreement which | ||||||
| 4 | shall be issued based upon an inspection certificate from the | ||||||
| 5 | Department. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) The Department may, at its discretion, grant a waiver | ||||||
| 7 | of the permit requirement for the transport of packages, | ||||||
| 8 | queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment from | ||||||
| 9 | an Illinois county to a contiguous county in Illinois or a | ||||||
| 10 | neighboring state. An inspection certificate from the | ||||||
| 11 | Department is required regardless of a waiver granted under | ||||||
| 12 | this subsection. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) A person intending to transport packages, queens, | ||||||
| 14 | hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment, into | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois from another state must notify the Department at | ||||||
| 16 | least 3 business days prior to entry into the State of | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois. Such person shall be responsible for notifying the | ||||||
| 18 | Department and obtaining an inspection certificate after | ||||||
| 19 | arrival at their Illinois destination, as required by rule. | ||||||
| 20 | (d) Any packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or | ||||||
| 21 | used bee equipment (b) A colony of bees or items of used bee | ||||||
| 22 | equipment transported in violation of this Section may be held | ||||||
| 23 | and inspected by the Department, ordered returned to the place | ||||||
| 24 | of origin, or abated. | ||||||
| 25 | (Source: P.A. 88-138.) | ||||||
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| 1 | (510 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 126.1) | ||||||
| 2 | Sec. 5. Rules. | ||||||
| 3 | (a) The Department may Director is authorized to | ||||||
| 4 | promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement and | ||||||
| 5 | administration of this Act. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) The Department may promulgate any rules necessary to | ||||||
| 7 | implement and administer the changes made to this Act by this | ||||||
| 8 | amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly. | ||||||
| 9 | (Source: P.A. 82-722.) | ||||||