Bill Text: IL HB2379 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning impounding dogs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2379 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB2379-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB2379 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 5/9 from Ch. 8, par. 359
Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning impounding dogs.
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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 9 as follows:
(510 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 8, par. 359)
Sec. 9. Any dog found running at large contrary to
provisions of this Act may be apprehended and and impounded.
For this purpose, the Administrator shall utilize any existing
or available animal control facility or licensed animal
shelter. The dog's owner shall pay a $25 public safety fine,
$20 of which shall be deposited into the Pet Population Control
Fund and $5 of which shall be retained by the county or
municipality. A dog found running at large contrary to the
provisions of this Act a second or subsequent time must be
spayed or neutered within 30 days after being reclaimed unless
already spayed or neutered; failure to comply shall result in
impoundment.
A dog that is actively engaged in a legal hunting activity,
including training, is not considered to be running at large if
the dog is on land that is open to hunting or on land on which
the person has obtained permission to hunt or to train a dog. A
dog that is in a dog-friendly area or dog park is not

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considered to be running at large if the dog is monitored or
supervised by a person.
(Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; 95-550, eff. 6-1-08.)