Bill Text: IL HB0840 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rabies inoculations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0840 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB0840-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 840
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 840 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 2, 2.06, and 3.01 and by adding Section 2.11 | ||||||
| 6 | as follows:
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| 7 | (510 ILCS 70/2) (from Ch. 8, par. 702)
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| 8 | Sec. 2.
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| 9 | As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, | ||||||
| 10 | the terms
specified in Sections 2.01 through 2.11 2.07 have the | ||||||
| 11 | meanings ascribed to them
in those Sections.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 78-905.)
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| 13 | (510 ILCS 70/2.06) (from Ch. 8, par. 702.06)
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| 14 | Sec. 2.06.
"Owner" means any person who (a) has a right of | ||||||
| 15 | property in an animal,
(b) keeps or harbors an animal, (c) has | ||||||
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| 1 | an animal in his care, or (d) acts
as custodian of an animal. | ||||||
| 2 | "Owner" does not include a feral cat caretaker participating in | ||||||
| 3 | a trap, spay or neuter, and return or release program.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 78-905.)
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| 5 | (510 ILCS 70/2.11 new) | ||||||
| 6 | Sec. 2.11. Feral cat. "Feral cat" means a cat that (i) is | ||||||
| 7 | born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned or feral cat | ||||||
| 8 | and is not socialized, (ii) is a formerly owned cat that has | ||||||
| 9 | been abandoned and is no longer socialized, or (iii) lives on a | ||||||
| 10 | farm.
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| 11 | (510 ILCS 70/3.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)
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| 12 | Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. No person or owner may beat, | ||||||
| 13 | cruelly treat,
torment, starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any | ||||||
| 14 | animal.
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| 15 | No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a | ||||||
| 16 | public charge or
may suffer injury, hunger or exposure. It is | ||||||
| 17 | not a violation of this Section to trap, spay or neuter, | ||||||
| 18 | vaccinate, and release or return a feral cat to the feral cat's | ||||||
| 19 | original habitat by a caretaker to reduce the number of stray | ||||||
| 20 | cats.
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| 21 | A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a | ||||||
| 22 | Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for a | ||||||
| 23 | violation of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. In addition to | ||||||
| 24 | any other penalty provided by law, upon
conviction for | ||||||
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| 1 | violating this Section, the court may order the convicted | ||||||
| 2 | person
to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and | ||||||
| 3 | to undergo any
treatment at the convicted person's expense that | ||||||
| 4 | the court determines to be
appropriate after due consideration | ||||||
| 5 | of the evidence. If the convicted person
is a juvenile or a | ||||||
| 6 | companion animal hoarder, the court must order the convicted
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| 7 | person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and | ||||||
| 8 | to undergo
treatment that the court determines to be | ||||||
| 9 | appropriate after due consideration
of the evaluation.
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| 10 | (Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)
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| 11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 12 | becoming law.".
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