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Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
Filed: 5/5/2026
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3116
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3116 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Bees and Apiaries Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Sections 2-4, 2a, and 5 as follows:
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| 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.)
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| 15 | | (510 ILCS 20/2a) (from Ch. 8, par. 124a) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 2a. Transportation Intrastate transportation. |
| 2 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not |
| 3 | | produce, sell, resell, or transport packages, queens, hives, |
| 4 | | nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment within Illinois, |
| 5 | | into Illinois, or from Illinois to another state without a |
| 6 | | valid compliance agreement or permit. The permit shall be |
| 7 | | issued by the Department based upon an inspection certificate |
| 8 | | from the Department. No person shall transport a colony of |
| 9 | | bees or items of used bee equipment between counties within |
| 10 | | this State without a permit or compliance agreement which |
| 11 | | shall be issued based upon an inspection certificate from the |
| 12 | | Department. |
| 13 | | (b) The Department may, at its discretion, grant a waiver |
| 14 | | of the permit requirement for the transport of packages, |
| 15 | | queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment from |
| 16 | | an Illinois county to a contiguous county in Illinois or a |
| 17 | | neighboring state. An inspection certificate from the |
| 18 | | Department is required regardless of a waiver granted under |
| 19 | | this subsection. |
| 20 | | (c) A person intending to transport packages, queens, |
| 21 | | hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment, into |
| 22 | | Illinois from another state must notify the Department at |
| 23 | | least 3 business days prior to entry into the State of |
| 24 | | Illinois. Such person shall be responsible for notifying the |
| 25 | | Department and obtaining an inspection certificate after |
| 26 | | arrival at their Illinois destination, as required by rule. |
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| 1 | | (d) Any packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or |
| 2 | | used bee equipment (b) A colony of bees or items of used bee |
| 3 | | equipment transported in violation of this Section may be held |
| 4 | | and inspected by the Department, ordered returned to the place |
| 5 | | of origin, or abated. |
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 88-138.)
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| 7 | | (510 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 126.1) |
| 8 | | Sec. 5. Rules. |
| 9 | | (a) The Department may Director is authorized to |
| 10 | | promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement and |
| 11 | | administration of this Act. |
| 12 | | (b) The Department may promulgate any rules necessary to |
| 13 | | implement and administer the changes made to this Act by this |
| 14 | | amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly. |
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 82-722.)". |