For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Director of the Department of Agriculture, individually or through his authorized agents, is authorized:
         (1) To enter upon any public or private premises
    
during regular business hours in order to have access to seeds and the records connected therewith subject to the Act and rules and regulations thereunder, and any truck or other conveyor by land, water, or air at any time when the conveyor is accessible, for the same purpose.
        (2) To issue and enforce a written or printed “stop
    
sale” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural, vegetable or other seeds designated by the Department of Agriculture which the Director of the Department of Agriculture finds is in violation of any of the provisions of this Act or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which order shall prohibit further sale, processing and movement of such seed, except on approval of the enforcing officer, until such officer has evidence that the law has been complied with, and he has issued a release from the “stop sale” order of such seed, provided that in respect to seed which has been denied sale, processing and movement as provided in this paragraph, the owner or custodian of such seed shall have the right to appeal from said order to a court of competent jurisdiction in the locality in which the seeds are found, praying for a judgment as to the justification of such order and for the discharge of such seeds from the order prohibiting the sale, processing and movement in accordance with the findings of the court: and provided further, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed as limiting the right of the enforcement officer to proceed as authorized by other Sections of this Act.
        (3) To establish and maintain or make provisions for
    
seed testing facilities, to employ qualified persons, and to incur such expenses as may be necessary to comply with these provisions.
        (4) To cooperate with the United States Department of
    
Agriculture and other agencies in seed law enforcement.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 505 ILCS 110/8.1

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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