Bill Text: IL HB4123 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Local Working Animal Protection Act. Defines "working animal". Provides that the right to utilize working animals for the benefit and welfare of the animals or those they serve is guaranteed. Provides that no ordinance or rule shall be enacted by a unit of local government, including a home rule unit, that terminates, bans, effectively bans, or creates an undue financial hardship relating to the job or use of working animals or animal enterprise in commerce, service, legal hunting, agriculture, husbandry, transportation, or ranching, including, but not limited to, entertainment, education, or exhibition. Provides that the Act does not: alter State law or rules that regulate animal care, public health, or public safety; or prevent the establishment of or alteration of ordinances or rules by a unit of local government regarding animal care, public health, or public safety. Provides that if a unit of local government has an ordinance or rule that conflicts with the Act, the Act controls. Limits home rule powers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4123 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4123-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4123 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Local Working Animal Protection Act. Defines "working animal". Provides that the right to utilize working animals for the benefit and welfare of the animals or those they serve is guaranteed. Provides that no ordinance or rule shall be enacted by a unit of local government, including a home rule unit, that terminates, bans, effectively bans, or creates an undue financial hardship relating to the job or use of working animals or animal enterprise in commerce, service, legal hunting, agriculture, husbandry, transportation, or ranching, including, but not limited to, entertainment, education, or exhibition. Provides that the Act does not: alter State law or rules that regulate animal care, public health, or public safety; or prevent the establishment of or alteration of ordinances or rules by a unit of local government regarding animal care, public health, or public safety. Provides that if a unit of local government has an ordinance or rule that conflicts with the Act, the Act controls. Limits home rule powers.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
Working Animal Protection Act.
Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "working
animal" means a non-human animal used for the purpose of
performing a specific duty or function in commerce or animal
enterprise, including, but not limited to, human service,
transportation, education, competition, or exhibition.
Section 10. Working animal regulation. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law to the contrary, the right to utilize
working animals for the benefit and welfare of the animals or
those they serve is guaranteed. No ordinance or rule shall be
enacted by a unit of local government, including a home rule
unit, that terminates, bans, effectively bans, or creates an
undue financial hardship relating to the job or use of working
animals or animal enterprise in commerce, service, legal
hunting, agriculture, husbandry, transportation, ranching,
entertainment, education, or exhibition.
Section 15. Limitations.

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(a) Nothing in this Act alters State law or rules that
regulate animal care, public health, or public safety.
(b) Nothing in this Act prevents the establishment of or
alteration of ordinances or rules by a unit of local government
regarding animal care, public health, or public safety.
Section 20. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate
working animals in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This
Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
by the State.
Section 25. Conflict with ordinance or rule. If a unit of
local government has an ordinance, resolution, or rule that
conflicts with this Act, this Act controls.