(510 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 172)
Sec. 5.
When the Department determines that any animal is affected with, or
has been exposed to, any contagious or infectious disease, it may agree
with the owner upon the value of the animal or of any property that it may
be found necessary to destroy, and in case such an agreement cannot be
made, the animals or property shall be appraised by three competent and
disinterested appraisers, one to be selected by the Department, one by the
claimant, and one by the two appraisers thus selected. The appraisers shall
subscribe to an oath in writing to fairly value such animals or property in
accordance with the requirements of this Act, which oath, together with
the valuation fixed by the appraisers, shall be filed with the Department
and preserved by it.
Upon the appraisement being made, the owner or the Department shall
immediately destroy
the animals in a humane manner, dispose of the
carcasses thereof, and disinfect, change or
destroy the premises occupied by the animals, in accordance with rules
prescribed by the Department governing such destruction and disinfection,
and upon his failure so to do or to cooperate with the Department, the
Department shall cause such animals or
property to be destroyed and disposed of, and thereupon the owner shall
forfeit all right to receive any compensation for the destruction of the
animals or property.
(Source: P.A. 91-457, eff. 1-1-00.)
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