Bill Text: IL HB1672 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning impounding dogs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1672 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1672-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning animals.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 9 as follows:
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6 | (510 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 8, par. 359)
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7 | Sec. 9. Any dog found running at large contrary to | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | provisions of this Act
may
be apprehended and
and impounded. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | For this purpose, the Administrator shall
utilize any existing | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or available animal control facility or licensed animal | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | shelter. The dog's owner shall pay a $25 public safety fine, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | $20 of which shall be deposited into the Pet Population Control | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Fund and $5 of which shall be retained by the county or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | municipality. A dog found running at large contrary to the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | provisions of this Act a second or subsequent time must be | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | spayed or neutered within 30 days after being reclaimed unless | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | already spayed or neutered; failure to comply shall result in | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | impoundment. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | A dog that is actively engaged in a legal hunting activity, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | including training, is not considered to be running at large if | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the dog is on land that is open to hunting or on land on which | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | the person has obtained permission to hunt or to train a dog. A | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | dog that is in a dog-friendly area or dog park is not |
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1 | considered to be running at large if the dog is monitored or | ||||||
2 | supervised by a person.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; 95-550, eff. 6-1-08 .)
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