(410 ILCS 635/5) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2205)

Sec. 5. After the effective date of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain, conduct, or operate a dairy farm, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station processing milk or milk products, to establish and operate a cleaning and sanitizing facility or milk tank truck, to haul or sample milk, or to act as a certified pasteurizer sealer within this State, or to bring into and distribute from out-of-state milk and milk products without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Department.

The Department may prescribe and conduct examinations, a portion of which may be written, to test the knowledge of milk hauler-samplers and certified pasteurizer sealers as a condition for awarding permits.

Permits issued by the Department for certified pasteurizer sealers, cleaning and sanitizing facilities, milk plants, and receiving or transfer stations shall expire on December 31 of each year. Permits issued to milk hauler-samplers shall expire on March 31 of each year. Permits issued for milk tank trucks shall remain valid indefinitely unless revoked by the Department for noncompliance with the rules promulgated under this Act or the milk tank truck is transferred or removed from service. Permits issued for dairy farms shall have no expiration date and shall remain valid indefinitely unless revoked by the Department for noncompliance with the rules promulgated under this Act or discontinuation of the dairy farm operation for which a permit was issued.

Applications for original permits or renewals shall be made on forms furnished by the Department. Each application shall contain: (1) the name and address of the applicant or names and addresses of the partners if the applicant is a partnership, or the names and addresses of the officers if the applicant is a corporation, or the names and addresses of all persons having a financial interest therein if the applicant is a group of individuals, association or trust; and (2) the location of the plant, station, cleaning and sanitizing facility, certified pasteurizer sealer, milk tank truck, or milk hauler-sampler. A permit shall be valid only in the hands of the person to whom it is issued and shall not be the subject of sale, assignment or other transfer, voluntary or involuntary, nor shall the permit be valid for any premises, milk tank truck, certified pasteurizer sealer, or milk hauler-sampler other than the one for which originally issued.

(Source: P.A. 92-216, eff. 1-1-02.)