Chapter 510, ANIMALS

(510 ILCS 5/2.06) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.06) Sec. 2.06. "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.07) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.07) Sec. 2.07. Deputy Administrator. "Deputy Administrator" means a veterinarian licensed by the State of Illinois, appointed by the Administrator or the County Board. (Source: P.A. 101-295, eff. 8-9-19.)

(510 ILCS 70/2.07) (from Ch. 8, par. 702.07) Sec. 2.07. Person. "Person" means any individual, minor, firm, corporation, partnership, other business unit, society, association, or other legal entity, any public or private institution, the State of Illinois, or any municipal corpo…

(510 ILCS 5/2.08) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.08) Sec. 2.08. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, or his duly appointed representative. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 70/2.08) Sec. 2.08. Police animal. "Police animal" means any animal owned or used by a law enforcement department or agency in the course of the department or agency's work. (Source: P.A. 90-80, eff. 7-10-97.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.09) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.09) Sec. 2.09. "District" means a geographic area consisting of 2 or more counties in their entirety. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 70/2.09) Sec. 2.09. Humanely euthanized. "Humanely euthanized" means the painless administration of a lethal dose of an agent or method of euthanasia as prescribed in the Report of the American Veterinary Medical Association Panel on Euthanasia published in the Journal …

(510 ILCS 100/2.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.1) Sec. 2.1. "Department" means the Illinois Department of Agriculture. (Source: P.A. 77-1731.)

(510 ILCS 85/2.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 132.1) Sec. 2.1. No hatching eggs or poultry, except poultry for immediate slaughter, shall be bought, sold, transported within, or imported into the State unless the hatchery or flock of origin is a participant in the National Poultry and Turk…

(510 ILCS 100/2.10) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.10) Sec. 2.10. "Quarantine" means the condition in which swine shall be kept separate and apart from and shall not be allowed to come in contact with other swine in any way. (Source: P.A. 77-1731.)

(510 ILCS 70/2.10) Sec. 2.10. Companion animal hoarder. "Companion animal hoarder" means a person who (i) possesses a large number of companion animals; (ii) fails to or is unable to provide what he or she is required to provide under Section 3 of this Act; (iii) keeps the compan…

(510 ILCS 5/2.10) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.10) Sec. 2.10. "District Board" means the governing body created to act as a single unit to effectuate this Act in a District and shall consist of 3 members of the Board of each county involved. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.11) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.11) Sec. 2.11. "Dog" means all members of the family Canidae. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.11a) Sec. 2.11a. "Enclosure" means a fence or structure of at least 6 feet in height, forming or causing an enclosure suitable to prevent the entry of young children, and suitable to confine a vicious dog in conjunction with other measures that may be taken by the o…

(510 ILCS 5/2.11b) Sec. 2.11b. "Feral cat" means a cat that (i) is born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned or feral cat and is not socialized, (ii) is a formerly owned cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized, or (iii) lives on a farm. (Source: P.A. 93-548…

(510 ILCS 5/2.11c) Sec. 2.11c. Intact animal. "Intact animal" means an animal that has not been sterilized. (Source: P.A. 102-329, eff. 1-1-22.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.12) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.12) Sec. 2.12. "Has been bitten" means has been seized with the teeth or jaws so that the person or animal seized has been nipped, gripped, wounded, or pierced, and further includes contact of saliva with any break or abrasion of the skin. …

(510 ILCS 5/2.12a) Sec. 2.12a. "Impounded" means taken into the custody of the public animal control facility in the city, town, or county where the animal is found. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.13) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.13) Sec. 2.13. "Inoculation against rabies" means the injection of an antirabies vaccine approved by the Department. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.14) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.14) Sec. 2.14. "Leash" means a cord, rope, strap, or chain which shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of a dog or other animal and shall be of sufficient strength to keep such dog or other animal under control. (Source: P.A. …

(510 ILCS 5/2.15) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.15) Sec. 2.15. "Licensed veterinarian" means a veterinarian licensed by the State in which he engages in the practice of veterinary medicine. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.16) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.16) Sec. 2.16. Owner. "Owner" means any person having a right of property in an animal, or who keeps or harbors an animal, or who has it in his care, or acts as its custodian, or who knowingly permits a dog to remain on any premises occupie…

(510 ILCS 5/2.17) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.17) Sec. 2.17. "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, society, association or other legal entity, any public or private institution, the State of Illinois, municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State,…

(510 ILCS 5/2.17a) Sec. 2.17a. "Peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012. (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.17b) Sec. 2.17b. "Police animal" means an animal owned or used by a law enforcement department or agency in the course of the department or agency's work. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.17c) Sec. 2.17c. "Potentially dangerous dog" means a dog that is unsupervised and found running at large with 3 or more other dogs. (Source: P.A. 95-550, eff. 6-1-08.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.18) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.18) Sec. 2.18. "Pound" or "animal control facility" may be used interchangeably and mean any facility approved by the Administrator for the purpose of enforcing this Act and used as a shelter for seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwan…

(510 ILCS 5/2.18a) Sec. 2.18a. "Physical injury" means the impairment of physical condition. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.18b) Sec. 2.18b. Reckless dog owner. "Reckless dog owner" means a person who owns a dog that while anywhere other than upon the property of the owner, and without justification, kills another dog that results in that dog being deemed a dangerous dog under Section 15…

(510 ILCS 5/2.19) (from Ch. 8, par. 352.19) Sec. 2.19. "Registration certificate" means a printed form prescribed by the Department for the purpose of recording pertinent information as required by the Department under this Act. (Source: P.A. 78-795.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.19-3) Sec. 2.19-3. Return. "Return" in return to field or trap, neuter, return program means to return the cat to field after it has been sterilized and vaccinated for rabies. (Source: P.A. 101-295, eff. 8-9-19.)

(510 ILCS 5/2.19a) Sec. 2.19a. "Serious physical injury" means a physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, impairment of the function of any bodily organ, or plastic surgery. (Source: P.A…

(510 ILCS 5/2.19b) Sec. 2.19b. "Vicious dog" means a dog that, without justification, attacks a person and causes serious physical injury or death or any individual dog that has been found to be a "dangerous dog" upon 3 separate occasions. (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)…

(510 ILCS 85/2.2) (from Ch. 8, par. 132.2) Sec. 2.2. Whenever an owner, his agent or a veterinarian has knowledge or has reason to suspect that pullorum or fowl typhoid exists in a flock of poultry or in a hatchery, he shall give notice of such fact to the Department. Flocks deem…

(510 ILCS 100/2.2) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.2) Sec. 2.2. "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. (Source: P.A. 77-1731.)

(510 ILCS 100/2.3) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.3) Sec. 2.3. "Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service" means the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, or any successor agency thereto. (Source: P.A. 78-786.)

(510 ILCS 85/2.3) (from Ch. 8, par. 132.3) Sec. 2.3. The Department may adopt reasonable rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this Act as it may deem proper. No rule or regulation made, adopted or issued by the Department pursuant to the provisions of this Act …

(510 ILCS 85/2.4) (from Ch. 8, par. 132.4) Sec. 2.4. U.S. Sanitation Monitored. All poultry breeding flocks and hatcheries that produce hatching eggs, chicks or poults for table egg production for interstate and intrastate movement must meet with U.S. Sanitation Monitored require…

(510 ILCS 100/2.4) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.4) Sec. 2.4. "Person" means any individual, firm or corporation. (Source: P.A. 77-1731.)

(510 ILCS 100/2.5) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.5) Sec. 2.5. "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is licensed by the state in which he practices, is approved by the Animal Health Official of that state and is accredited by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. (S…

(510 ILCS 100/2.6) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.6) Sec. 2.6. Feeder swine. "Feeder swine" means all swine under 4 months of age except those consigned directly to slaughter or swine sold as breeding animals with a negative brucellosis test. (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)

(510 ILCS 100/2.7) (from Ch. 8, par. 502.7) Sec. 2.7. Immediate slaughter. "Immediate slaughter" means slaughter within 10 days of purchase or possession. (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)

(510 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 8, par. 370) Sec. 20. The payment to any owner of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, swine, or poultry of monies out of the Animal Control Fund for damages resulting from loss or injury to any such animals, shall not be a bar to an action by such owner…

(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 72/20) Sec. 20. Application for original certification. Applications for original certification shall be made to the Department in writing, shall be signed by the applicant on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee set by rul…

(510 ILCS 67/20) Sec. 20. Illinois Equine Industry Research and Promotion Board. (a) Upon certification of the assent by the majority of qualified Illinois equine owners voting on the referendum, the qualified industry organization shall select the 12 members of the Illinois Equi…

(510 ILCS 77/20) Sec. 20. Handling, storing and disposing of livestock waste. (a) The livestock management facility owner or operator shall comply with the requirements for handling, storing, and disposing of livestock wastes as set forth in the rules adopted pursuant to the Illi…

(510 ILCS 101/20) Sec. 20. Powers and duties of the Board. (a) The Board is responsible for the development of the initial Illinois Swine Market Development Program, providing publicity and conducting informational meetings prior to the referendum for adoption on the initial mark…

(510 ILCS 81/20) Sec. 20. Administration. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation organized under Article 2 of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to administer and manage the Care for Retired Police Dogs…

(510 ILCS 35/20) (from Ch. 8, par. 104b) Sec. 20. If any of the provisions of this Act are for any reason unconstitutional, it is the intent of the General Assembly that so far as possible the remaining provisions of the Act be given effect and validity. (Source: Laws 1929, p. 7.…