Bill Text: IL HB0678 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Prohibits a person from transporting, or causing or allowing to be transported, any equine animal in or upon a trailer, conveyance, or any other vehicle with 2 or more levels stacked upon one another. Creates penalties for violations. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-02 - Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 024-094-000 [HB0678 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0678-Engrossed.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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 7.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (510 ILCS 70/7.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 7.2. Transport Prohibitions for Equines. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | ||||||
| 9 | may not transport, or cause or allow to be transported, any | ||||||
| 10 | equine animal in or upon any trailer, conveyance, or other | ||||||
| 11 | vehicle whatsoever with 2 or more levels stacked on top of one | ||||||
| 12 | another. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) A person convicted of violating this Section or any | ||||||
| 14 | rule, regulation, or order of the Department pursuant thereto | ||||||
| 15 | is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for each equine animal | ||||||
| 16 | transported. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 | ||||||
| 17 | felony, with every day that a violation continues constituting | ||||||
| 18 | a separate offense.
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.
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