Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. In provisions regarding right of entry, adds a requirement for consent of the beekeeper or landowner before entry. In provisions regarding intrastate transportation, provides that no person shall sell bees or used equipment without a permit which shall be issued based upon an inspection certificate from the Department of Agriculture, and that commercial operations wishing to transport hives for pollination or honey production or the sale of bees may request an annual health inspection certificate, which allows the transport of hives for pollination or honey production or the sale of bees for up to one year. Requires any person who sells bees, queens, or nucleus hives to obtain an inspection certificate or annual health inspection certificate. Deletes a prohibition against transporting a colony of bees or items of used bee equipment between counties within this State without a permit or compliance agreement based upon an inspection certificate from the Department. Directs the Department to adopt specified revisions to the rules in 8 Ill. Adm. Code Part 60 concerning diseased or parasitized colonies and permits.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. Directs the Department of Agriculture, when practicable, to provide landowners and beekeepers with notification of inspections. Provides that a person may not produce, sell, resell, or transport packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment within Illinois, into Illinois, or from Illinois to another state, without a valid compliance agreement or permit. Allows the Department, at its discretion, to grant a waiver of the permit requirement for the transport of packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment from an Illinois county to a contiguous county in Illinois or a neighboring state. Requires a person intending to transport packages, queens, hives, nucleus hives, bees, or used bee equipment, into Illinois from another state to notify the Department at least 3 business days before entry into the State of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer the changes made by the amendatory Act.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 510 ILCS 20/2, 510 ILCS 20/5
Engrossed: 510 ILCS 20/2, 510 ILCS 20/5
Enrolled: 510 ILCS 20/2, 510 ILCS 20/5