Illinois · statute · 225 ILCS 620 · 23 active provisions
Definitions. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise requires: "Department" means the Illinois Department of Agriculture. "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture or his duly appointed representative. "Feeder swine dealer" means any person who sells or offers to sell feeder swine…
No person shall engage himself as a feeder swine dealer in this State without a license therefor issued by the Department. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2145.)
Application. Applications by individuals for original licenses shall be made to the Department, shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall be accompanied by the required bond and the required fee, which shall not be returnable. Any such application shall require such information as in the judg…
Applications by partnerships or corporations for original licenses shall be made to the Department, shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, and shall be accompanied by the required bond and the required fee, which shall not be returnable. Any such application shall list, but need not be limited to, t…
Upon written application to the Department and payment of the fee specified in Section 18, a licensed feeder swine dealer shall obtain a permit for each person he or she wishes to designate as his or her agent. Information the Department deems necessary shall be supplied on forms prescribed by it. An agent's permit may…
Applications for renewal licenses, shall be made to the Department, shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, shall contain such information as will enable the Department to determine if the applicant is qualified to continue to hold a license and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall n…
Each non-resident applicant for an original license or renewal license shall file with the Department an irrevocable consent that actions against the applicant may be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the plaintiff resides or in which some part of the transaction occurred out of which the alleged cause…
Each license shall be issued for the term of one calendar year or for such part thereof as remains at the time of the issuance thereof. Each license shall be renewed during the month of December of each year. Each license not renewed during December of each year shall expire on December 31, of that year. Failure to app…
Grounds for refusal to issue or renew license and for license suspension and revocation. The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds: a. material misstatement in the application for original license or in the application for any renewal lice…
Suspension. The Director may suspend a license under Section 9 and require the licensee to cease doing business. The Director shall issue a written order of suspension setting forth the reasons for the suspension and for requiring the licensee to cease operating as a feeder swine dealer until a hearing has been held. S…
Administrative penalties. Any person violating or aiding in or abetting the violation of any provision of this Act, or any provision of any rule of the Department issued under this Act, may be ordered, following an administrative hearing, to pay the following administrative penalties: (1) $300 for a first violation; (2…
Applicant convictions. (a) The Department shall not require applicants to report the following information and shall not consider the following criminal history records in connection with an application for a license under this Act: (1) Juvenile adjudications of delinquent minors as defined in Section 5-105 of the Juve…
Investigation and hearing. The Department may upon its own motion and shall upon the complaint in writing of any person setting forth facts which if proved would constitute grounds under Section 9 investigate the actions of any applicant or any person or persons holding or claiming to hold a license. The Department sha…
Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license and any branch office licenses to the Department, and if the licensee fails to do so, the Department shall have the right to seize the same. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2054.)
The Director may issue regulations, consistent with the provisions of this Act, for the administration and enforcement thereof and may prescribe forms which shall be used in connection therewith. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2054.)
Each licensee hereunder, except persons licensed under the Livestock Auction Market Law as now or hereafter amended, shall file with the Department a bond in the amount of $5,000, with the licensee as principal and a surety company authorized to do business in Illinois as surety, conditioned on the performance by such…
and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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. 7-19-95.)
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 Procedure. Proceedings for judicial review shall be commenced in the…
License fees. The following fees shall accompany each application for a license, which fees shall not be returnable: a. for an original license to an individual........... $25 b. for an original license to a partnership or corporation........................ $25 c. for an annual renewal license...................... $1…
A feeder swine dealer's feeder swine originating in Illinois shall bear consecutively numbered tags on their right ears before being sold or commingled with other swine, except that no tags shall be required in the case of feeder swine moving as one group directly from one Illinois farm to another Illinois farm without…
Every licensed feeder swine dealer shall record all feeder swine transactions conducted by the feeder swine dealer or his or her agent, including the names and addresses of persons from whom swine were purchased and to whom swine were sold, the number of swine bought and sold and their ear tag identification. Such reco…
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Feeder Swine Dealer Licensing Act. (Source: P.A. 83-760.)