Bill Text: IL HB4039 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully (instead of willfully and maliciously) taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, kill, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to police animals, service animals, accelerant detection dogs, or search and rescue dogs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4039 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4039-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB4039 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 70/4.03 from Ch. 8, par. 704.03
510 ILCS 70/4.04 from Ch. 8, par. 704.04
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully (instead of willfully and maliciously) taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, kill, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to police animals, service animals, accelerant detection dogs, or search and rescue 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 Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
changing Sections 4.03 and 4.04 as follows:
(510 ILCS 70/4.03) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.03)
Sec. 4.03. Teasing, striking or tampering with police
animals, service animals, accelerant detection dogs, or search
and rescue dogs prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person
to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat,
strike, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs,
chemicals, or substance to (i) any animal used by a law
enforcement officer in the performance of his or her functions
or duties, or when placed in confinement off duty, (ii) any
service animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, (iv) any
police, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or
(v) any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for
arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions
or while off duty. It is unlawful for any person to interfere
or meddle with (i) any animal used by a law enforcement
department or agency or any handler thereof in the performance
of the functions or duties of the department or agency, (ii)
any service animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, (iv) any

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law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in
training, or (v) any accelerant detection canine used by a fire
officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or
her functions or while off duty.
Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a
Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1171, eff. 7-22-10.)
(510 ILCS 70/4.04) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.04)
Sec. 4.04. Injuring or killing police animals, service
animals, accelerant detection dogs, or search and rescue dogs
prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully
or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or
kill (i) any animal used by a law enforcement department or
agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the
department or agency or when placed in confinement off duty,
(ii) any service animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, (iv)
any law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in
training, or (v) any accelerant detection canine used by a fire
officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or
her functions or while off duty. However, a police officer or
veterinarian may perform euthanasia in emergency situations
when delay would cause the animal undue suffering and pain.
A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a
Class 4 felony if the animal is not killed or totally disabled;

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if the animal is killed or totally disabled, the person is
guilty of a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-560, eff. 8-30-07;
96-1171, eff. 7-22-10.)