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ILLINOIS

ENABLING LEGISLATION

(45 ILCS 5/0.01 ET SEQ.)

Illinois Compiled Statutes
Interstate Compacts
Pest Control Compact Act
45 ILCS 5/
    (45 ILCS 5/0.01)
    Sec. 0.01.  Short title.  This Act may be cited as the Pest  Control Compact Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

    (45 ILCS 5/1)
    Sec. 1. The State of Illinois ratifies and  approves  the  following compact:

PEST CONTROL COMPACT
 

ARTICLE I. FINDINGS


    The party states find that:
    (a)  In  the  absence of the higher degree of cooperation among them possible under this compact, the  annual  loss  of  approximately  seven billion  dollars  from the depredations of pests is virtually certain to continue, if not to increase.
    (b)  Because of varying climatic, geographic and  economic  factors, each  state  may be affected differently by particular species of pests; but all states share the inability to protect themselves  fully  against those pests which present serious dangers to them.
    (c)  The migratory character of pest infestations makes it necessary for  states both adjacent to and distant from one another, to complement each other's activities when faced with conditions  of  infestation  and reinfestation.
    (d)  While every state is seriously affected by a substantial number of  pests, and every state is susceptible of infestation by many species of pests not now causing damage to its crop and plant life and products, the fact that relatively few species of pests present equal danger to or are of interest to all states makes the establishment and  operation  of an  Insurance  Fund,  from  which individual states may obtain financial support for pest control program of benefit to them in other states  and to   which  they  may  contribute  in  accordance  with  their  relative interests, the  most  equitable  means  of  financing  cooperative  pest eradication and control programs.

ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

    As  used  in  this  compact,  unless  the context clearly requires a different construction:
    (a)  "State" means a state, territory or possession  of  the  United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    (b)  "Requesting  state"  means a state which invokes the procedures of the compact to secure the undertaking or intensification of  measures to  control  or  eradicate  one  or  more pests within one or more other states.
    (c)  "Responding state" means a  state  requested  to  undertake  or intensify the measures referred to in subdivision (b) of this Article.
    (d)  "Pest" means any invertebrate animal, pathogen, parasitic plant or  similar  or allied organism which can cause disease or damage in any crops, trees, shrubs, grasses or other plants of substantial value.
    (e)  "Insurance  Fund"  means  the  Pest  Control   Insurance   Fund established pursuant to this compact.
    (f)  "Governing  Board"  means  the  administrators  of this compact representing all of the party states when such administrators are acting as a body in pursuance of authority vested in them by this compact.
    (g)  "Executive Committee" means the committee established  pursuant to Article V (e) of this compact.

ARTICLE III. THE INSURANCE FUND

    There  is hereby established the Pest Control Insurance Fund for the purpose of financing other than normal  pest  control  operations  which states  may  be  called  upon  to engage in pursuant to the compact. The Insurance Fund shall contain moneys appropriated  to  it  by  the  party states  and any donations and grants accepted by it. All appropriations, except as conditioned by the rights  and  obligations  of  party  states expressly  set forth in this compact, shall be unconditional and may not
be restricted by the appropriating state to use in the  control  of  any specified  pest  or  pests.  Donations  and grants may be conditional or unconditional, provided that the Insurance Fund  shall  not  accept  any donation  or  grant  whose  terms are inconsistent with any provision of this compact.

ARTICLE IV. THE INSURANCE FUND, INTERNAL OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

    (a)  The Insurance Fund shall be administered by a  Governing  Board and  Executive  Committee  as  hereinafter  provided. The actions of the Governing Board and Executive Committee pursuant to this  compact  shall
be deemed the actions of the Insurance Fund.
    (b)  The  members  of  the  Governing Board shall be entitled to one vote each on such Board. No action  of  the  Governing  Board  shall  be binding  unless  taken  at  a  meeting  at which a majority of the total number of votes on the Governing Board are cast in favor thereof. Action of the Governing Board shall be only at a meeting at which a majority of the members are present.
    (c)  The Insurance Fund shall have a seal which may be  employed  as an  official  symbol and which may be affixed to documents and otherwise used as the Governing Board may provide.
    (d)  The Governing  Board  shall  elect  annually,  from  among  its members,  a  chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. The chairman may not succeed himself. The Governing  Board  may  appoint  an executive director and fix his duties and his compensation, if any. Such executive  director  shall serve at the pleasure of the Governing Board.  The Governing Board shall make provision for the bonding of such of  the officers and employees of the Insurance Fund as may be appropriate.
    (e)  Irrespective  of  the  civil  service, personnel or other merit system laws of any of the party states, the executive  director,  or  if there  be  no  executive director, the chairman, in accordance with such procedures as the bylaws may provide, shall appoint, remove or discharge such personnel as may be necessary for the performance of the  functions of  the Insurance Fund and shall fix the duties and compensation of such personnel. The Governing Board in  its  bylaws  shall  provide  for  the personnel policies and programs of the Insurance Fund.
    (f)  The  Insurance  Fund  may  borrow,  accept  or contract for the services of personnel from any state, the United States,  or  any  other governmental   agency,   or   from  any  person,  firm,  association  or corporation.
    (g)  The Insurance Fund may accept  for  any  of  its  purposes  and functions under this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment,  supplies,  materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state, the United States, or any other governmental agency,  or from  any  person,  firm,  association  or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. Any donation, gift or grant accepted by the Governing Board pursuant to  this  paragraph  or  services  borrowed pursuant  to  paragraph  (f)  of  this  Article shall be reported in the annual report of the Insurance  Fund.  Such  report  shall  include  the nature,  amount  and conditions, if any, of the donation, gift, grant or services borrowed and the identity of the donor or lender.
    (h)  The Governing Board shall adopt bylaws for the conduct  of  the business  of  the  Insurance  Fund and shall have the power to amend and rescind these bylaws. The Insurance Fund shall  publish  its  bylaws  in convenient  form  and  shall  file  a  copy  thereof  and  a copy of any amendment thereto with the appropriate agency or officer in each of  the party states.
    (i)  The  Insurance  Fund  annually  shall  make to the Governor and legislature of each party state a report covering its activities for the preceding year. The Insurance Fund may make such additional  reports  as it may deem desirable.
    (j)  In  addition  to  the powers and duties specifically authorized and imposed, the  Insurance  Fund  may  do  such  other  things  as  are necessary  and incidental to the conduct of its affairs pursuant to this compact.

ARTICLE V. COMPACT AND INSURANCE FUND ADMINISTRATION

    (a)  In each party state there shall be a compact administrator, who shall be selected and serve in such manner as the laws of his state  may provide, and who shall:
    1.  Assist in the coordination of activities pursuant to the compact in his state; and
    2.  Represent  his  state  on  the  Governing Board of the Insurance Fund.
    (b)  If the laws of the United States specifically so provide, or if administrative provision is made therefor within the federal government, the United States may be represented  on  the  Governing  Board  of  the Insurance  Fund  by  not  to  exceed  three  representatives.  Any  such representative   or  representatives  of  the  United  States  shall  be appointed and serve in such manner as may be provided by or pursuant  to federal  law,  but  no  such  representative  shall  have  a vote on the Governing Board or on the Executive Committee thereof.
    (c)  The Governing Board shall meet at least once each year for  the purpose  of determining policies and procedures in the administration of the Insurance Fund and, consistent with the provisions of  the  compact, supervising  and  giving direction to the expenditure of moneys from the Insurance Fund.  Additional meetings of the Governing Board shall be held on call of the chairman, the Executive Committee, or a majority  of  the membership of the Governing Board.
    (d)  At  such  times as it may be meeting, the Governing Board shall pass upon applications  for  assistance  from  the  Insurance  Fund  and authorize  disbursements  therefrom.  When the Governing Board is not in session, the Executive Committee thereof  shall  act  as  agent  of  the Governing  Board, with full authority to act for it in passing upon such applications.
    (e)  The Executive Committee shall be composed of  the  chairman  of the  Governing  Board and four additional members of the Governing Board chosen by it so that there shall be one member representing each of four geographic groupings of party states. The  Governing  Board  shall  make such  geographic  groupings.  If  there  is representation of the United States on the Governing Board, one such representative may meet with the Executive Committee. The  chairman  of  the  Governing  Board  shall  be chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee.  No  action  of  the  Executive Committee  shall  be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least four members of such Committee are present and vote  in  favor  thereof.  Necessary  expenses  of  each  of  the  five  members  of  the Executive Committee incurred in attending meetings of  such  Committee,  when  not held  at  the  same  time and place as a meeting of the Governing Board, shall be charges against the Insurance Fund.

ARTICLE VI. ASSISTANCE AND REIMBURSEMENT

    (a)  Each party state pledges to each other party state that it will employ its best efforts to eradicate, or control  within  the  strictest practicable limits, any and all pests. It is recognized that performance of this responsibility involves:
    1.  The  maintenance  of  pest control and eradication activities of interstate significance by a party  state  at  a  level  that  would  be reasonable for its own protection in the absence of this compact.
    2.  The meeting of emergency outbreaks or infestations of interstate significance  to  not  less  an  extent than would have been done in the absence of this compact.
    (b)  Whenever a party state is threatened  by  a  pest  not  present within its borders but present within another party state, or whenever a party  state  is undertaking or engaged in activities for the control or eradication of a pest or pests, and finds that such  activities  are  or would  be  impracticable  or  substantially more difficult of success by reason of failure of another party state to  cope  with  infestation  or threatened  infestation,  that  state may request the Governing Board to authorize expenditures  from  the  Insurance  Fund  for  eradication  or control  measures  to be taken by one or more of such other party states at a  level  sufficient  to  prevent,  or  to  reduce  to  the  greatest
practicable  extent,  infestation  or  reinfestation  of  the requesting state. Upon such authorization the responding state or states shall take or increase such eradication or control measures as may be warranted.  A responding state shall use moneys made available from the Insurance Fund expeditiously  and  efficiently  to  assist  in affording the protection requested.
    (c)  In order to apply for expenditures from the Insurance  Fund,  a requesting state shall submit the following in writing:
    1.  A  detailed  statement  of  the circumstances which occasion the request for the invoking of the compact.
    2.  Evidence that the  pest  on  account  of  whose  eradication  or control  assistance is requested constitutes a danger to an agricultural or forest crop, product, tree, shrub, grass  or  other  plant  having  a substantial value to the requesting state.
    3.  A  statement  of the extent of the present and projected program of the requesting state and its subdivisions, including full information as to the legal authority for the conduct of such  program  or  programs and the expenditures being made or budgeted therefor, in connection with the  eradication,  control,  or  prevention  of introduction of the pest concerned.
    4.  Proof that the expenditures being made or budgeted  as  detailed in item 3 do not constitute a reduction of the effort for the control or eradication  of  the  pest  concerned  or,  if there is a reduction, the reasons why the level of program detailed in item 3 constitutes a normal level of pest control activity.
    5.  A declaration as to whether, to the best of  its  knowledge  and belief,  the  conditions  which in its view occasion the invoking of the compact in the particular instance can be abated by a program undertaken with the aid of moneys from the Insurance Fund in one year or  less,  or whether  the  request is for an installment in a program which is likely to continue for a longer period of time.
    6.  Such other  information  as  the  Governing  Board  may  require consistent with the provisions of this compact.
    (d)  The  Governing  Board  or  Executive  Committee  shall give due notice of any meeting at which an application for  assistance  from  the Insurance  Fund  is  to be considered. Such notice shall be given to the compact administrator of each party state and to such other officers and agencies as may be designated by the  laws  of  the  party  states.  The requesting  state  and  any  other  party  state shall be entitled to be represented and present evidence and argument at such meeting.
    (e)  Upon the submission  as  required  by  paragraph  (c)  of  this Article  and  such other information as it may have or acquire, and upon determining that an expenditure of funds is within the purposes of  this compact   and  justified  thereby,  the  Governing  Board  or  Executive Committee shall authorize support of the program. The Governing Board or the Executive Committee may meet at any time or place for the purpose of receiving and considering an application. Any and all determinations  of the   Governing  Board  or  Executive  Committee,  with  respect  to  an application, together with the reasons therefor shall  be  recorded  and subscribed  in  such  manner  as  to  show and preserve the votes of the individual members thereof.
    (f)  A requesting state which is dissatisfied with  a  determination of  the  Executive  Committee  shall upon notice in writing given within twenty days of the determination  with  which  it  is  dissatisfied,  be entitled  to  receive  a  review  thereof  at  the  next  meeting of the Governing Board. Determinations of  the  Executive  Committee  shall  be reviewable  only  by the Governing Board at one of its regular meetings, or at a special meeting held in such manner as the Governing  Board  may authorize.
    (g)  Responding  states  required  to undertake or increase measures pursuant to this compact may receive moneys  from  the  Insurance  Fund, either  at  the  time  or  times  when such state incurs expenditures on account of such measures, or as reimbursement for expenses incurred  and chargeable  to  the Insurance Fund. The Governing Board shall adopt and, from time to time, may amend or  revise  procedures  for  submission  of claims upon it and for payment thereof.
    (h)  Before authorizing the expenditure of moneys from the Insurance Fund  pursuant  to  an  application of a requesting state, the Insurance Fund shall ascertain the extent and nature of any timely  assistance  or participation  which  may  be  available from the federal government and shall  request  the  appropriate  agency  or  agencies  of  the  federal government for such assistance and participation.
    (i)  The Insurance Fund may negotiate and execute  a  memorandum  of understanding  or  other  appropriate instrument defining the extent and degree of assistance or participation between and  among  the  Insurance Fund,  cooperating  federal  agencies,  states  and  any  other entities
concerned.

ARTICLE VII. ADVISORY AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

    The Governing Board may establish advisory and technical  committees composed  of state, local, and federal officials, and private persons to advise it with respect to any one or more of  its  functions.  Any  such advisory  or  technical  committee, or any member or members thereof may meet with and participate in its  deliberations.  Upon  request  of  the Governing   Board  or  Executive  Committee  an  advisory  or  technical committee may furnish information and recommendations  with  respect  to any  application for assistance from the Insurance Fund being considered by such Board or Committee and the Board or Committee  may  receive  and consider  the  same:  provided  that any participant in a meeting of the Governing Board or Executive Committee held pursuant to Article  VI  (d) of  the  compact  shall  be  entitled  to know the substance of any such information and recommendations, at the time  of  the  meeting  if  made prior thereto or as a part thereof or, if made thereafter, no later than the  time  at which the Governing Board or Executive Committee makes its disposition of the application.

ARTICLE VIII. RELATIONS WITH NONPARTY JURISDICTIONS

    (a)  A party state may make  application  for  assistance  from  the Insurance  Fund  in  respect  of  a  pest  in  a  nonparty  state.  Such application  shall  be considered and disposed of by the Governing Board or Executive Committee in the same manner as an application with respect to a pest within a party state, except as provided in this Article.
    (b)  At or in connection with any meeting of the Governing Board  or Executive  Committee  held  pursuant to Article VI (d) of this compact a nonparty state shall be entitled to  appear,  participate,  and  receive information  only  to  such  extent  as the Governing Board or Executive Committee may provide. A nonparty state shall not be entitled to  review of any determination made by the Executive Committee.
    (c)  The  Governing  Board  or  Executive  Committee shall authorize expenditures from the Insurance Fund to be made in a nonparty state only after determining that the conditions in such state  and  the  value  of such  expenditures  to  the  party  states  as a whole justify them. The Governing Board or Executive Committee may set any conditions  which  it deems  appropriate  with  respect  to the expenditure of moneys from the Insurance Fund in a nonparty state and may enter into such agreement  or agreements  with  nonparty states and other jurisdictions or entities as it may deem necessary or appropriate to protect  the  interests  of  the Insurance  Fund  with  respect to expenditures and activities outside of party states.

ARTICLE IX. FINANCE

    (a)  The Insurance Fund  shall  submit  to  the  executive  head  or designated  officer  or  officers  of  each party state a budget for the Insurance Fund for such period as may be required by the  laws  of  that party state for presentation to the legislature thereof.
    (b)  Each  of  the budgets shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of  the  party  states. The  requests  for  appropriations  shall be apportioned among the party states as follows: one-tenth of the total budget in equal shares and the remainder in proportion to the value of agricultural  and  forest  crops and  products,  excluding  animals and animal products, produced in each party state. In determining the value of such  crops  and  products  the Insurance  Fund  may  employ such source or sources of information as in its judgment present the most equitable and accurate  comparisons  among the  party  states.  Each of the budgets and requests for appropriations shall indicate the source  or  sources  used  in  obtaining  information concerning value of products.
    (c)  The  financial assets of the Insurance Fund shall be maintained in two accounts to be designated respectively as the "Operating Account" and the "Claims Account." The Operating Account shall  consist  only  of those  assets necessary for the administration of the Insurance Fund the next ensuing two-year period.  The  Claims  Account  shall  contain  all moneys  not  included  in the Operating Account and shall not exceed the amount reasonably estimated to  be  sufficient  to  pay  all  legitimate claims  on  the  Insurance Fund for a period of three years. At any time when the Claims Account has reached its maximum limit or would reach its maximum limit by the addition of moneys requested for  appropriation  by the  party  states, the Governing Board shall reduce its budget requests on a pro rata basis in such manner as to keep the Claims Account  within such  maximum  limit.  Any  moneys  in  the  Claims Account by virtue of conditional donations, grants or gifts shall be included in calculations made pursuant to this paragraph only to the extent that such moneys  are available to meet demands arising out of claims.
    (d)  The  Insurance  Fund  shall  not pledge the credit of any party state. The Insurance Fund may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with moneys available to it under Article IV (g) of  this  compact, provided  that  the  Governing Board takes specific action setting aside such moneys prior to incurring any obligation to be met in whole  or  in part in such manner. Except where the Insurance Fund makes use of moneys available  to  it  under Article IV (g) hereof, the Insurance Fund shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment of moneys by  the  party states adequate to meet the same.
    (e)  The Insurance Fund shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and  disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Insurance Fund shall be subject to the  audit  and  accounting  procedures  established under  its  bylaws.  However,  all  receipts  and disbursements of funds handled by the Insurance Fund shall be audited yearly by a certified  or licensed  public  accountant and a report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Insurance Fund.
    (f)  The accounts of  the  Insurance  Fund  shall  be  open  at  any reasonable  time for inspection by duly authorized officers of the party states and by any persons authorized by the Insurance Fund.

ARTICLE X. ENTRY INTO FORCE AND WITHDRAWAL

    (a)  This compact shall enter into force when enacted  into  law  by any five or more states. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other state upon its enactment thereof.
    (b)  Any  party  state  may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such  withdrawal  shall  take  effect until  two  years  after the executive head of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the executive heads of all other  party  states.  No  withdrawal shall affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a party state prior to  the  time  of  such withdrawal.

ARTICLE XI. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY

    This  compact  shall  be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable  and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to  be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States or the applicability  thereof  to  any  government,  agency,  person  or circumstance  is  held  invalid,  the  validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency,  person or  circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating herein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining  party states  and  in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 679.)
    (45 ILCS 5/2)
    Sec. 2. Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies and officers may cooperate with the Insurance Fund established by the Pest Control Compact.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 679.)
    (45 ILCS 5/3)
    Sec. 3. As required by paragraph (h) of Article IV of  the  compact, the  Insurance Fund shall file copies of its bylaws and their amendments with the Secretary of State.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 679.)
    (45 ILCS 5/4)
    Sec. 4. The Director of  Agriculture  shall  serve  as  the  compact administrator  for  this  State and any expenses he incurs in so serving shall be paid from the appropriation for  the  ordinary  and  contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 679.)
    (45 ILCS 5/5)
    Sec. 5. The Director  of  Agriculture,  with  the  approval  of  the Governor,  may  make  a  request  or application for assistance from the Insurance Fund under paragraph (b) of Article VI  or  paragraph  (a)  of Article  VII  of  the compact whenever he believes that conditions exist which qualify the State for that assistance and that it would be in  the best interest of the State to make the request.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 679.)
    (45 ILCS 5/6)
    Sec. 6. When the term "executive head" is used in the  compact  with reference to this State, it means the Governor.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 679.)

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