Illinois House Bill 5604 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that a County Animal Control that is located in a county that has been declared a disaster area under the Disaster Relief Act due to a natural disaster, or in a county which a part of the county has been declared a disaster area under the Disaster Relief Act due to a natural disaster, shall retain impounded animals for twice its normal retention time or for a minimum of 14 days after the disaster declaration, whichever is longer, before the County Animal Control may proceed with the adoption, transfer, or euthanasia of the impounded animal. Provides that a County Animal Control shall keep a detailed list of the impounded animals that were transferred to another facility for a minimum of one month after the disaster. Provides that facilities receiving transferred animals shall retain the impounded animals for twice its normal retention time or for a minimum of 14 days after the disaster declaration, whichever is longer. Effective immediately.

ANIMALS-NATURAL DISASTERS

Rep. Keith Sommer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-06	House	Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
2014-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-14	House	First Reading
2014-02-13	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
510	5	10	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5604&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5604.htm