Bill Text: IL SB3604 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Governor's appointees to the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners to, among other things, be interested in the well-being of domestic animals and poultry. Provides that the Governor's appointees to the Board shall serve for a term of 5 years. Requires the Illinois Department of Agriculture's rules pertaining to the well-being of domestic animals and poultry to be submitted to the Board for its approval. Requires the Director of Agriculture to call semiannual meetings of the Board and authorizes the Director to call additional meetings. Removes a provision that exempts the Department from seeking the Board's certification before adopting certain rules. Prohibits the representative of an ex-officio member from exercising the voting privileges of that member in his or her absence. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1025 [SB3604 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3604-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 5-525 as follows:
(20 ILCS 5/5-525) (was 20 ILCS 5/6.01)
Sec. 5-525. In the Department of Agriculture.
(a) (Blank).
(b) An Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners to consist
of 25 persons. The Board shall consist of the administrator of
animal disease programs, the Dean of the College of
Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Agriculture
of the University of Illinois, the Dean of the College of
Veterinary Medicine of the University of Illinois, and,
commencing on January 1, 1990, the Deans or Chairmen of the
Colleges or Departments of Agriculture of Illinois State
University, Southern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
University in that order who shall each serve for 1 year terms,
provided that, commencing on January 1, 1993, such terms shall
be for 2 years in the same order, the Director of Public
Health, the Director of Natural Resources, the Chairperson
chairman of the Agriculture and , Conservation and Energy
Committee of the Senate, and the Chairperson chairman of the

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Committee on Agriculture & Conservation Committee of the House
of Representatives, who shall be ex-officio be members of the
Board, and 17 additional persons, appointed by the Governor to
serve at the Governor's pleasure, who are interested in the
well-being of domestic animals and poultry and in the
prevention, elimination, and control of diseases affecting
them of domestic animals and poultry who shall be appointed by
the Governor to serve at the Governor's pleasure. An appointed
member's office becomes vacant upon the member's absence from 3
consecutive meetings. Of the 17 additional persons, one shall
be a representative of breeders of beef cattle, one shall be a
representative of breeders of dairy cattle, one shall be a
representative of breeders of dual purpose cattle, one shall be
a representative of breeders of swine, one shall be a
representative of poultry breeders, one shall be a
representative of sheep breeders, one shall be a veterinarian
licensed in this State, one shall be a representative of
general or diversified farming, one shall be a representative
of deer or elk breeders, one shall be a representative of
livestock auction markets, one shall be a representative of
cattle feeders, one shall be a representative of pork
producers, one shall be a representative of the State licensed
meat packers, one shall be a representative of canine breeders,
one shall be a representative of equine breeders, one shall be
a representative of the Illinois licensed renderers, and one
shall be a representative of livestock dealers. An appointed

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member's office becomes vacant upon the member's absence from 3
consecutive meetings. Appointments made by the Governor after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly shall be for a term of 5 years. The members of the
Board shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for
expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their
duties. In the appointment of the Advisory Board of Livestock
Commissioners, the Governor shall consult with representative
persons and recognized organizations in the respective fields
concerning the appointments.
Rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture
pertaining to the well-being of domestic animals and poultry
and the prevention, elimination, and control of diseases
affecting them of domestic animals and poultry shall be
submitted to the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners for
approval at its duly called meeting. The chairperson chairman
of the Board shall certify the official minutes of the Board's
action and shall file the certified minutes with the Department
of Agriculture within 30 days after the proposed rules and
regulations are submitted and before they are promulgated and
made effective. If the Board fails to take action within 30
days this limitation shall not apply and the rules and
regulations may be promulgated and made effective. In the event
it is deemed desirable, the Board may hold hearings upon the
rules and regulations or proposed revisions. The Board members
shall be familiar with the Acts relating to the well-being of

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domestic animals and poultry and to the prevention,
elimination, and control of diseases affecting them among
domestic animals and poultry. The Department shall, upon the
request of a Board member, advise the Board concerning the
administration of the respective Acts.
The Director of Agriculture or his or her representative
from the Department shall act as chairperson chairman of the
Board. The Director shall call semiannual call meetings of the
Board and may call other meetings of the Board from time to
time or when requested by 3 or more appointed members of the
Board. A quorum of appointed members must be present to convene
an official meeting. The chairperson chairman and ex-officio
members shall not be included in a quorum call. Ex-officio
members may be represented by a duly authorized representative
from their department, division, college, or committee;
however, that representative may not exercise the voting
privileges of the ex-officio member. Appointed members shall
not be represented at a meeting by another person. Ex-officio
members and appointed members shall have the right to vote on
all proposed rules and regulations; voting that in effect would
pertain to approving rules and regulations shall be taken by an
oral roll call. No member shall vote by proxy. The chairman
shall not vote except in the case of a tie vote. Any ex-officio
or appointed member may ask for and shall receive an oral roll
call on any motion before the Board. The Department shall
provide a clerk to take minutes of the meetings and record

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transactions of the Board. The Board, by oral roll call, may
require an official court reporter to record the minutes of the
meetings.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-457, eff. 1-1-00; 91-798,
eff. 7-9-00.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.