Illinois Code § 4
Illinois Code § 4. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4.
The Department may order the slaughter of any or all of such diseased, contaminated, or exposed animals. The Department may disinfect, and, if they cannot be properly disinfected, may destroy, all barns, stables, outbuildings, premises and personal property contaminated or infected with any such contaminant or contagious or infectious disease as in its judgment is necessary to prevent the spread of any such contaminant or disease; and may order the disinfection of all cars, boats or other vehicles used in transporting animals affected with any such contaminant or disease, or that have been exposed to the contaminant, contagion, or infection thereof, and the disinfection of all yards, pens and chutes that may have been used in handling such contaminated, diseased, or exposed animals. (Source: P.A. 95-179, eff. 8-14-07; 95-554, eff. 8-30-07.)
Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 4
- Jurisdiction: Illinois
- Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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