Chapter 510 — ANIMALS

(510 ILCS 45/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 903) Sec. 3. (a) The construction of a loft shall comply with the building code regulations of the municipality or county in which it is erected. (b) The loft shall at all times be in compliance with regulations prescribed by the department and b…

(510 ILCS 45/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 904) Sec. 4. (a) The requirements of zoning regulations relating to restrictions on the location of stables and poultry enclosures shall not apply to a loft for which a permit has been issued. (b) A person to whom the department has issued a carr…

(510 ILCS 45/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 905) Sec. 5. (a) An owner of pigeons to whom the department has issued a carrier, hobby, or show pigeon permit, or his agent, shall be allowed to fly the pigeons for necessary exercise and training. (b) The owner, or his agent, is not required to…

(510 ILCS 45/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 906) Sec. 6. Any person not the owner thereof, who shall shoot, kill, maim or injure any Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly called "carrier pigeon," hobby, or show pigeon knowing the same to be such, or who shall entrap, catch, detain, or shall r…

(510 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 8, par. 907) Sec. 7. A municipality located in a county having fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants or a county shall not enact an ordinance to prohibit the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons, except that (i) any municipality located …

(510 ILCS 45/8) (from Ch. 8, par. 908) Sec. 8. This Act applies to all municipalities and counties and pursuant to paragraph (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Constitution, this Act is a limitation upon the power of home rule units to enact ordinances contrary to this Act. (…

(510 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 168) Sec. 1. For the purposes of this Act: "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois. "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, or his duly appointed representative. "Contagious or in…

(510 ILCS 50/10) (from Ch. 8, par. 177) Sec. 10. The Department may promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations to prevent the entry into Illinois of any animals which may be contaminated or infected with, or which may have been exposed to, any contaminant or contagious…

(510 ILCS 50/11) (from Ch. 8, par. 178) Sec. 11. All claims against the State arising from the slaughter of animals as herein provided for, shall be made to the Department under such rules, not inconsistent with this Act, as the Department may prescribe. The Department shall, aft…

(510 ILCS 50/12) (from Ch. 8, par. 179) Sec. 12. The Director and any employee of the Department, in the performance of his duties under this act, has power to call on sheriffs and their deputies, and police officers, mayors of cities, city and town marshals and policemen, to ass…

(510 ILCS 50/13) (from Ch. 8, par. 180) Sec. 13. The Department shall cooperate with any commissioner or other officer appointed by the United States authorities, in connection with carrying out any provision of any United States Statute providing for the suppression and preventi…

(510 ILCS 50/14) (from Ch. 8, par. 181) Sec. 14. The annual report of the Department to the Governor shall include an itemized statement of all moneys expended by it under this Act, including a statement of all damages recommended by it to be paid for animals slaughtered, and the…

(510 ILCS 50/15) (from Ch. 8, par. 182) Sec. 15. Bulls, cows, heifers and other livestock accepted by individuals, trucks and other transportation companies for delivery into the State of Illinois, if unloaded en route for feed or water, shall be confined in pens under lock and k…

(510 ILCS 50/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 183) Sec. 16. The obligations assumed by the transportation company at the original point of shipment shall extend to all connecting lines. No additions to the original consignments or substitutions en route shall be permitted by any transportat…

(510 ILCS 50/17) (from Ch. 8, par. 184) Sec. 17. When any cattle, swine, sheep or other domestic animals herein specified are consigned for delivery within the confines of the State of Illinois, they shall not be diverted en route or delivered to the owner or consignee at any oth…

(510 ILCS 50/18) (from Ch. 8, par. 185) Sec. 18. All railroad, truck, steamboat and other transportation companies that shall receive and ship cattle from any territory scheduled on account of Texas or splenic fever, shall immediately after such cattle are unloaded, and before th…

(510 ILCS 50/19) (from Ch. 8, par. 186) Sec. 19. Any railroad, truck, transportation or stockyard company violating any of the provisions of Section 18, or any of the rules of the Department referred to therein, shall be guilty of a business offense and shall be fined in any sum …

(510 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 169) Sec. 2. Duty to investigate; rulemaking. It is the duty of the Department to investigate all cases or alleged cases coming to its knowledge of contamination or contagious and infectious diseases among animals within the State and to provide …

(510 ILCS 50/20) (from Ch. 8, par. 187) Sec. 20. Any person who knowingly transports, receives or conveys into this State any animals, carcasses or portions of carcasses, feed, seed, bedding, equipment, or other material capable of conveying contamination or infection as defined …

(510 ILCS 50/21) (from Ch. 8, par. 188) Sec. 21. Any person who, knowing that any contamination or contagious or infectious disease exists among his animals, conceals such fact, or knowing of the existence of such disease, sells any animal or animals so contaminated or diseased, …

(510 ILCS 50/22) (from Ch. 8, par. 189) Sec. 22. Any veterinarian having information of the existence of any contamination or reportable disease among animals in this State, who fails to promptly report such knowledge to the Department, shall be guilty of a business offense and s…

(510 ILCS 50/23) (from Ch. 8, par. 190) Sec. 23. Any person violating any provision of this Act or any rule issued by the Department under the provisions of this Act, other than the provisions and rules for the violation of which other penalties are prescribed in this Act, is gui…

(510 ILCS 50/24) (from Ch. 8, par. 191) Sec. 24. Any owner or person having charge of any animal and having knowledge of, or reasonable grounds to suspect the existence among them of any contamination or contagious or infectious disease and who does not use reasonable means to pr…

(510 ILCS 50/24.1) Sec. 24.1. Swap meets. Any organizer of a swap meet held within the State must provide the Department with information regarding the swap meet at least 30 days prior to the date on which the swap meet will be held. For each swap meet that he or she organizes, a…

(510 ILCS 50/25) (from Ch. 8, par. 191a) Sec. 25. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Diseased Animals Act". (Source: P.A. 81-196.)

(510 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 170) Sec. 3. Upon its becoming known to the Department that any animals are infected, or suspected of being infected, with any contagious or infectious disease, or contaminated with any chemical or radiological substance, the Department shall hav…

(510 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 171) Sec. 4. The Department may order the slaughter of any or all of such diseased, contaminated, or exposed animals. The Department may disinfect, and, if they cannot be properly disinfected, may destroy, all barns, stables, outbuildings, premis…

(510 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 172) Sec. 5. When the Department determines that any animal is affected with, or has been exposed to, any contagious or infectious disease, it may agree with the owner upon the value of the animal or of any property that it may be found necessary…

(510 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 173) Sec. 6. Whenever quarantine is established in accordance with the provisions of this Act, notice shall be given by delivery in person or by mailing by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the owner or occupant of any premises so…

(510 ILCS 50/7a) (from Ch. 8, par. 174a) Sec. 7a. All final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pu…

(510 ILCS 50/9) (from Ch. 8, par. 176) Sec. 9. The Department may promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations to prevent the spread of any contamination or contagious or infectious disease within this State. If the condition so warrants, the Director may request the Gov…

(510 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 1) Sec. 1. No person or owner of livestock shall allow livestock to run at large in the State of Illinois. All owners of livestock shall provide the necessary restraints to prevent such livestock from so running at large and shall be liable in ci…

(510 ILCS 55/1.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 1.1) Sec. 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Livestock", for the purposes of this Act only, means bison, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, equidae, camelids, ratites, or fowl. "Owner" means any person who …

(510 ILCS 55/1.2) (from Ch. 8, par. 1.2) Sec. 1.2. A notice of a violation of this Act shall be given to the person or owner of livestock running at large if known and a maximum of 24 hours may be granted in which to make the necessary corrections if the violation is an accidenta…

(510 ILCS 55/3.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 3.1) Sec. 3.1. Any person who violates this Act shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, except a 10th or subsequent violation of this Act is a Class 4 felony and the court may order the livestock impounded. In the event the person who violate…

(510 ILCS 55/5.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 5.1) Sec. 5.1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Domestic Animals Running At Large Act". (Source: P.A. 84-28.)

(510 ILCS 60/0.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 23y) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Domesticated Wild Animals Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(510 ILCS 60/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 24) Sec. 1. All birds and animals ferae naturae or naturally wild, including fur bearing animals not native to this State, when raised or in domestication, or kept in enclosures and reduced to possession, are hereby declared to be objects of owne…

(510 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 24a) Sec. 2. When fox, rabbit, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, muskrat, karakul and other fur bearing animals are raised in captivity for breeding or other useful purposes (a) such animals shall be deemed domestic animals; (b) such animals and …

(510 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 24b) Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not be held or construed to repeal or modify the provisions of the "Wildlife Code of Illinois" applicable to the breeding, raising, producing or marketing of any such birds or animals so raised in cap…

(510 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 951) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Equine Infectious Anemia Control Act". (Source: P.A. 86-223.)

(510 ILCS 65/10) Sec. 10. Subpoenas. The Department, over the signature of the Director, is authorized to subpoena and bring before the Department any person in this State and to take testimony orally or by deposition or by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and in the same …

(510 ILCS 65/15) Sec. 15. Hearing rules. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Department of Agriculture rules adopted under that Act apply to hearings under this Act. (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 1-1-96.)

(510 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 952) Sec. 2. Legislative intent. The General Assembly recognizes that equine infectious anemia is a serious disease in the equine industry. It is the intent of this legislation to protect the Illinois equine population from equine infectious anem…

(510 ILCS 65/20) Sec. 20. Judicial review. All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review under Article III of the Code of Civil Procedure and its rules. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Pr…

(510 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 953) Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise requires: "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is licensed by the state in which he or she practices, is approved by the Animal Health Official of that state…

(510 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 954) Sec. 4. Tests of equidae entering the State. All equidae more than 12 months of age entering the State for any reason shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian of the state of origin …

(510 ILCS 65/4.1) Sec. 4.1. Tests of equidae moving within the State. All equidae more than 12 months of age participating in an advertised equine event shall be accompanied by a negative official test for EIA conducted within one year. A Certificate of Veterinary Inspection is n…

(510 ILCS 65/4.2) Sec. 4.2. Sale or other transfer; test required. A person may not lease, loan, trade, or sell an equine that is 12 months of age or older unless the animal is accompanied by a copy of a test report showing that the animal has been tested for EIA by an accredited…

(510 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 955) Sec. 5. Quarantine and branding of reactors. In the event an Illinois owner voluntarily elects to have his equidae tested and a reactor is found, the reactor shall be (a) quarantined until death or until released by a written notice from the…