510 ILCS 50/11

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, after inspection, hearing and inquiry by appraisers, in each case determine the amount which shall be paid on account of the animals so slaughtered, which amount shall be the fair market value in health thereof and not less than the net market value for meat consumption, provided that where the appraisals exceed the net market value for meat consumption in health thereof the payments shall not be in excess of the following amounts: (a) bovine species, for beef, dairy and breeding purposes $300 for any registered animal and $150 for any unregistered animal, but not to exceed an average value of $250 per head for all such registered animals in any herd and not to exceed an average value of $125 per head for such nonregistered animals in any herd; (b) equine species, $500 for any one animal; (c) swine, $50 per head for grade swine and $100 for any registered purebred animal or any breeding animal upon which a certificate of registration has been issued by an approved inbred livestock registry association; (d) sheep, not to exceed $25 for any unregistered sheep, and not to exceed $75 for any registered sheep. No value other than the market utility value of any such animal shall be allowed or fixed, however, unless a certificate of registration issued by the registry association, of the breed of such animal, recognized by the United States Government, is furnished to the appraisers. The appraisers shall report under oath the value of the animals, together with a statement of the evidence or facts upon which the appraisement is based, and the Department shall certify the appraisement. The Comptroller shall, upon presentation of the appraisement to him, draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the amount fixed by such appraisers in favor of the owner of the animals; provided, that where Federal authority authorizes the payment of part of the value of such animals the State shall only pay the balance of such appraisement fixed as aforesaid. (Source: P.A. 92-85, eff. 7-12-01.)