Bill Amendment: IL SB2995 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

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Bill Title: ANIMALS-CRUELTY-PENALTIES

Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2995 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2995-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Steve McClure

Filed: 3/18/2020

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2995
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2995 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
changing Section 3.02 as follows:
(510 ILCS 70/3.02)
Sec. 3.02. Aggravated cruelty.
(a) No person may intentionally commit an act that causes a
companion animal to suffer serious injury or death. Aggravated
cruelty does not include euthanasia of a companion animal
through recognized methods approved by the Department of
Agriculture unless prohibited under subsection (b).
(b) No individual, except a licensed veterinarian as
exempted under Section 3.09, may knowingly or intentionally
euthanize or authorize the euthanasia of a companion animal by
use of carbon monoxide.

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(c) A person convicted of violating this Section for an act
that causes a companion animal to suffer serious injury is
guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person convicted for an act that
causes the death of a companion animal is guilty of a Class 3
felony Section 3.02 is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A second or
subsequent violation for an act that causes a companion animal
to suffer serious injury is a Class 3 felony. A second or
subsequent violation for an act that causes the death of a
companion animal is a Class 2 felony is a Class 3 felony. In
addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon conviction
for violating this Section, the court may order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and
to undergo any treatment at the convicted person's expense that
the court determines to be appropriate after due consideration
of the evaluation. If the convicted person is a juvenile or a
companion animal hoarder, the court must order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and
to undergo treatment that the court determines to be
appropriate after due consideration of the evaluation.
(Source: P.A. 96-780, eff. 8-28-09.)".