Bill Text: IL HB5667 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the State Finance Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall create and maintain an animal abuse registry. Requires a person 18 years of age or older who resides in or is domiciled in this State and has been convicted of specified offenses involving animal cruelty or torture to register with the Department to be placed on the registry. Requires a person required to register to pay an annual fee of $50 to the Department. Prohibits a person required to register from owning a companion animal or being employed at an animal shelter, pound, pet shop, zoo, or other business where companion animals are present. Creates the Animal Abuse Registry Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that registration fees shall be deposited into the Fund to be used by the Department for establishing and maintaining the animal abuse registry. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5667 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5667-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5667 Introduced , by Rep. Christine Winger - David S. Olsen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2605/2605-331 new
30 ILCS 105/5.886 new
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the State Finance Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall create and maintain an animal abuse registry. Requires a person 18 years of age or older who resides in or is domiciled in this State and has been convicted of specified offenses involving animal cruelty or torture to register with the Department to be placed on the registry. Requires a person required to register to pay an annual fee of $50 to the Department. Prohibits a person required to register from owning a companion animal or being employed at an animal shelter, pound, pet shop, zoo, or other business where companion animals are present. Creates the Animal Abuse Registry Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that registration fees shall be deposited into the Fund to be used by the Department for establishing and maintaining the animal abuse registry. Effective immediately.
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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 Department of State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
2605-331 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-331 new)
Sec. 2605-331. Animal abuse registry.
(a) The Department shall create and maintain the animal
abuse registry. Any person 18 years of age or older who resides
in or is domiciled in this State and has been convicted of a
violation of Sections 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03 of this Act shall
register with the Department within 30 calendar days after the
date of conviction to be placed on the animal abuse registry.
(b) Upon entering a conviction for a violation of Sections
3.01, 3.02, or 3.03 of this Act, the presiding judge shall
notify the convicted individual of that individual's
requirement to register under this Section. The clerk of the
court shall send notice of the conviction and the individual's
name, date of birth, address, and offense for which he or she
has been convicted to the Department.
(c) Any person required to register under this Section
shall provide to the Department his or her name, date of birth,

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address, and the offense for which he or she has been
convicted.
(d) Any person required to register under this Section
shall register annually, and shall continue to register until
that person receives a court order ordering that the
registration cease. No court order removing the requirement for
registration shall be issued until the registrant first
demonstrates to the court that he or she has undergone
psychiatric or psychological testing, the result of which
indicates by clear and convincing evidence his or her capable
and sound mental capacity and ability to own and properly care
for an animal in a humane manner. Any person required to
register under this Section shall notify the Department of any
name or address change.
(e) Any person required to register under this Section
shall not own a companion animal or have employment at an
animal shelter, pound, pet shop, zoo, or other business
establishment where companion animals are present.
(f) The animal abuse registry database shall be publicly
accessible and indexed by name, date of birth, and address. The
registry shall include the offense for which the registrant has
been convicted.
(g) The Animal Abuse Registry Fund is created as a special
fund in the State treasury. Any person required to register
under this Section shall, in addition to any penalty authorized
by law, pay a mandatory annual fee of $50 to the Department.

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The annual fee shall be deposited into the Animal Abuse
Registry Fund to be used by the Department for establishing and
maintaining the animal abuse registry. The Department shall
establish procedures to document receipt and use of the funds.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.886 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.886 new)
Sec. 5.886. The Animal Abuse Registry Fund.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.