Bill Text: IL HB1166 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that the definition of a "companion animal hoarder" means a person who is in possession of 7 or more companion animals in addition to other requirements. Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that a person must obtain a permit from the Board to possess 7 or more companion animals. Provides that a failure to receive a permit for the possession of 7 or more companion animals is a violation and a person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and a second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony with every day that a violation continues constituting a separate offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1166 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1166-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1166 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 5/3 from Ch. 8, par. 353
510 ILCS 70/2.10
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that the definition of a "companion animal hoarder" means a person who is in possession of 7 or more companion animals in addition to other requirements. Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that a person must obtain a permit from the Board to possess 7 or more companion animals. Provides that a failure to receive a permit for the possession of 7 or more companion animals is a violation and a person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and a second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony with every day that a violation continues constituting a separate offense.
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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning animals.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
Section 3 as follows:
(510 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 353)
Sec. 3. The County Board Chairman with the consent of the
County Board shall appoint an Administrator. Appointments
shall be made as necessary to keep this position filled at all
times. The Administrator may appoint as many Deputy
Administrators and Animal Control Wardens to aid him or her as
authorized by the Board. The compensation for the
Administrator, Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control
Wardens shall be fixed by the Board. The Administrator may be
removed from office by the County Board Chairman, with the
consent of the County Board.
The Board shall provide necessary personnel, training,
equipment, supplies, and facilities, and shall operate pounds
or contract for their operation as necessary to effectuate the
program. The Board may enter into contracts or agreements with
persons to assist in the operation of the program and may
establish a county animal population control program.
The Board shall be empowered to utilize monies from their

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General Corporate Fund to effectuate the intent of this Act.
The Board is authorized by ordinance to require the
registration and may require microchipping of dogs and cats.
The Board shall impose an individual dog or cat registration
fee with a minimum differential of $10 for intact dogs or cats.
Ten dollars of the differential shall be placed either in a
county animal population control fund or in the State's Pet
Population Control Fund. If the money is placed in the county
animal population control fund it shall be used to (i) spay,
neuter, or sterilize adopted dogs or cats or (ii) spay or
neuter dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who
are eligible for the Food Stamp Program. All persons selling
dogs or cats or keeping registries of dogs or cats shall
cooperate and provide information to the Administrator as
required by Board ordinance, including sales, number of
litters, and ownership of dogs and cats. If microchips are
required, the microchip number may serve as the county animal
control registration number.
A person must obtain a permit from the Board to possess 7
or more companion animals, as defined in the Humane Care for
Animals Act. Failure to receive a permit for the possession of
7 or more companion animals is a violation of this Section and
a person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second or
subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony with every day that a
violation continues constituting a separate offense.
In obtaining information required to implement this Act,

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the Department shall have power to subpoena and bring before it
any person in this State and to take testimony either orally or
by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in
the same manner as prescribed by law for civil cases in courts
of this State.
The Director shall have power to administer oaths to
witnesses at any hearing which the Department is authorized by
law to conduct, and any other oaths required or authorized in
any Act administered by the Department.
This Section does not apply to feral cats.
(Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
Section 10. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
changing Section 2.10 as follows:
(510 ILCS 70/2.10)
Sec. 2.10. Companion animal hoarder. "Companion animal
hoarder" means a person who (i) possesses 7 or more a large
number of companion animals; (ii) fails to or is unable to
provide what he or she is required to provide under Section 3
of this Act; (iii) keeps the companion animals in a severely
overcrowded environment; and (iv) displays an inability to
recognize or understand the nature of or has a reckless
disregard for the conditions under which the companion animals
are living and the deleterious impact they have on the
companion animals' and owner's health and well-being.

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(Source: P.A. 92-454, eff. 1-1-02.)