Illinois · statute · 225 ILCS 610 · 28 active provisions
As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois. (b) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other business entity. (c) "Renderer" means any person who, for other than human consumption, colle…
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall engage in the business of disposing of the bodies or parts of bodies of dead animals, poultry or fish, or used cooking grease and oils, in the State without first obtaining a license or licenses for that purpose from the Department. An owner, operator, or an…
Exemption from Act. A collection center to collect cooking grease or cooking oil from the public hosted by a not-for-profit organization exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a government entity is exempt from the registration, licensure, fee, and reporting requirement…
Application for such license shall be made to the Department on forms provided by it, which application shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant, classification of license or licenses requested, his place or proposed place of business, and the particular method which he intends to employ in disposing of…
On receipt of such application, Department personnel shall inspect the building and equipment which the applicant proposes to use to conduct such business. If the inspector finds that said building and equipment comply with the requirements of this Act and with the regulations of the Department, and that the applicant…
On the receipt of the certification described in Section 5, and the payment of the fee provided herein, the Department shall issue a license to the applicant to conduct such business at the place specified in the application for one calendar year or for the portion of the calendar year remaining at the time the license…
The Department shall keep a record of all licenses and permits applied for or issued, which shall show the date of application and by whom made, the cause of all rejections, the date of issue, to whom issued, the date of expiration and the location of the licensed or permitted business. (Source: P.A. 83-760.)
If the inspector finds that said building does not comply with the requirements of this Act or with the regulations of the Department, he shall notify the applicant wherein the same fails to so comply. If within a reasonable time thereafter, to be fixed by the Department, the specified defects are remedied, the Departm…
The original license or licenses shall be renewed for each subsequent calendar year during the December immediately preceding such subsequent calendar year upon payment of the fees specified in Section 6, provided the holder of such license, in the opinion of the Department, remains responsible and suitable to carry on…
Except as otherwise provided in Section 14, no person shall operate a vehicle used to transport rendering materials or used cooking grease or cooking oils in this State without a vehicle permit issued by the Department or without complying with this Act. Applications for vehicle permits shall be accepted only from lice…
Each vehicle issued a Class 1 permit shall have the inscription "Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Permit No. ...", as assigned; each truck granted a Class 2 permit shall have the inscription "Illinois Scrap and Grease Permit No. ...", as assigned; and each truck granted a Class 3 permit shall have the inscription "Illinoi…
All permittees shall record each collection of rendering materials or used cooking grease and cooking oil, setting forth the date, quantity and description of rendering material or used cooking grease and cooking oil collected, and the person to whom such material was delivered. The permittee shall give a receipt to ev…
Each place licensed pursuant to this Act for the carrying on of a business shall, to the satisfaction of the Department, be provided with floors constructed of concrete, or some other non-absorbent material, adequate drainage, be thoroughly sanitary and adapted to carry on the business, be provided with adequate water…
A licensee shall comply with the following requirements when disposing of bodies or parts of bodies of dead animals, poultry or fish: (a) All bodies or parts of bodies of all dead animals, poultry or fish shall be processed or disposed of within 48 hours after delivery to the plant; (b) The skinning and dismembering of…
The Department shall make such reasonable regulations for the carrying on and conduct of such business as it may deem advisable and all persons engaged in such business shall comply therewith. The Department, or its representatives, in performing the duties vested in it under this Act is empowered to enter, during usua…
The Department shall inspect each facility licensed under this Act at least once each year, or as often as it deems necessary, and shall see that the licensee conducts the business in conformity to this Act and the regulations made by the Department. For failure or refusal by any licensee to obey the provisions of this…
The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend or revoke, a license or vehicle permit on grounds including but not limited to any one or more of the following: (1) The making of a material misstatement of fact in the application for an original license or vehicle permit, or in the application for any renew…
The Department may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the verified written complaint of any person setting forth facts which if proved would constitute grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of a license or permit, investigate the actions of any applicant or any person or persons holding or claiming to hold a…
The Department shall grant special permission to a person to transport dead animals owned by such person to a veterinary hospital or laboratory for a post-mortem inspection within 24 hours after the animal's death. The Department may prohibit the hauling or transporting of the bodies or parts of bodies of any animals,…
No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, transporting in commerce, or importing, dead animals or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died other than by slaughter shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, receive for transportation in commerce, or import any dead cattle, sheep…
Vehicles when loaded with the bodies or parts of bodies of any animals, poultry or fish that have died of disease shall be driven directly to the place of disposal, except that the driver in so driving, may stop on the highway for other bodies but he shall not drive into the yard or upon the premises of any person unle…
The driver or owner of a vehicle used in conveying animals, poultry or fish which the driver or owner has reason to believe died of disease, shall immediately after unloading the animals, poultry or fish, cause the vehicle bed, the wheels thereof, all canvassing and covers to be disinfected with a solution of at least…
(a) No person caring for, acting as an agent for the owner of or owning any animal, poultry or fish which has died shall allow the body or parts of the body to lie about the premises. Such body or parts of the body shall be disposed of within 24 hours after death as prescribed by regulations of the Department. The Depa…
Mass animal mortality event. (a) The Director, at his or her discretion, may declare a mass animal mortality event. The Director shall notify the Illinois Emergency Management Agency of the declaration. The notification shall be made without delay, but no later than 24 hours following the declaration. (b) The Departmen…
The transportation of bodies or parts of bodies of dead animals, poultry or fish, raw or unrendered, except green or salted hides, shall not be allowed into other states except by reciprocal agreements with other states under rules of the Department. (Source: P.A. 98-785, eff. 1-1-15.)