Bill Text: IL HB4036 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Prohibits an animal shelter or animal control facility from adopting out any dog or cat that has not been microchipped or sterilized in a manner acceptable to the Department of Agriculture, unless the person wishing to adopt an animal prior to the performance of the required procedures has executed a written agreement promising to have the procedures performed within a specified period of time not to exceed 30 days. Provides that failure by an owner to meet the conditions of the written agreement shall result in forfeiture of the animal. Prohibits the release of any animal by an animal shelter or animal control facility to an individual representing an animal shelter, unless the recipient animal shelter has been licensed or has a foster care permit issued by the Department or the individual is a representative of a not-for-profit, out-of-State organization. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0314 [HB4036 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB4036-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Animal Welfare Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 3.3 and 3.4 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 605/3.3 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3.3. Adoption of dogs and cats. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) An animal shelter or animal control facility shall not | ||||||
| 9 | adopt out any dog or cat unless it has been sterilized and | ||||||
| 10 | microchipped. However, an animal shelter or animal control | ||||||
| 11 | facility may adopt out a dog or cat that has not been | ||||||
| 12 | sterilized and microchipped if: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) the adopting owner has executed a written agreement | ||||||
| 14 | agreeing to have sterilizing and microchipping procedures | ||||||
| 15 | performed on the animal to be adopted within a specified | ||||||
| 16 | period of time not to exceed 30 days after the date of the | ||||||
| 17 | adoption, or | ||||||
| 18 | (2) the adopting owner has executed a written agreement | ||||||
| 19 | to have sterilizing and microchipping procedures performed | ||||||
| 20 | within 14 days after a licensed veterinarian certifies the | ||||||
| 21 | dog or cat is healthy enough for sterilizing and | ||||||
| 22 | microchipping procedures, and a licensed veterinarian has | ||||||
| 23 | certified that the dog or cat is too sick or injured to be | ||||||
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| 1 | sterilized or it would be detrimental to the health of the | ||||||
| 2 | dog or cat to be sterilized or microchipped at the time of | ||||||
| 3 | the adoption. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) An animal shelter or animal control facility may adopt | ||||||
| 5 | out any dog or cat that is not free of disease, injury, or | ||||||
| 6 | abnormality if the disease, injury, or abnormality is disclosed | ||||||
| 7 | in writing to the adopter, and the animal shelter or animal | ||||||
| 8 | control facility allows the adopter to return the animal to the | ||||||
| 9 | animal shelter or animal control facility. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this | ||||||
| 11 | Section do not apply to adoptions subject to Section 11 of the | ||||||
| 12 | Animal Control Act.
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| 13 | (225 ILCS 605/3.4 new) | ||||||
| 14 | Sec. 3.4. Release of animals to shelters. An animal shelter | ||||||
| 15 | or animal control facility may not release any animal to an | ||||||
| 16 | individual representing an animal shelter, unless the | ||||||
| 17 | recipient animal shelter has been licensed or has a foster care | ||||||
| 18 | permit issued by the Department or the individual is a | ||||||
| 19 | representative of a not-for-profit, out-of-State organization.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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