Illinois § 10

§ 10.

Indemnity. If State funds are available to pay indemnity and the Technical Committee recommends depopulation as part of an approved herd plan, indemnity may be paid only for positive individual breeding animals which are removed from the herd and slaughtered in accordance with an approved herd plan. Indemnity payment will be made by the Department upon receipt of proof of slaughter. In the case of the depopulation of the entire herd, indemnity payments will be made for all breeding animals that are slaughtered. No indemnity payments will be made until after the entire herd is depopulated and proof of slaughter is received by the Department. The Department shall pay to the owner of breeding swine so slaughtered the appraisal value of such swine, less any salvage value received and less any indemnity paid by the Federal Government. In no case shall any payment be more than $25 per head for grade swine or more than $50 for any registered purebred animal or any breeding animal upon which a certificate of registration has been issued by an approved inbred or hybrid livestock registry association. The swine shall be appraised jointly by the swine owner or his representative and a representative of the Department. If an agreement cannot be reached on the appraised value, the swine shall be appraised by 3 appraisers, one selected by the Department, one by the swine owner or his representative, and one by the 2 appraisers thus selected. The cost of the third appraiser shall be shared jointly by the Department and the herd owner. Swine presented for appraisal as purebred, inbred or hybrid shall be accompanied by their certificate of registry at the time of appraisal or they shall be appraised as grade. In the absence of such certificate of registry, the Department may grant a reasonable time for the presentation of their certificate of registry to the appraiser. (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)