Bill Text: IL HB4362 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rabies inoculations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4362 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4362-Introduced.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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | (510 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 8, par. 358)
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| 7 | Sec. 8. Every owner of a dog 4 months or more of age shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | have each dog
inoculated against rabies
by a licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | veterinarian. Every dog shall
have a second rabies vaccination | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | within one year of the
the first. Terms of
subsequent
vaccine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | administration and duration of immunity must be in compliance | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | with USDA
licenses of vaccines used. Evidence of such rabies
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| 13 | inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the form of which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | shall be
approved by the Board and which shall contain the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | microchip number of the animal if it has one and which shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | signed by the licensed
veterinarian administering the vaccine. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Veterinarians who inoculate a dog
shall procure from the County | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Animal
Control in the county where their office is located
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| 19 | serially
numbered tags, one to be issued with each inoculation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | certificate. Only one dog
shall be included on each | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | certificate. The veterinarian immunizing or
microchipping an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | animal
shall
provide the
Administrator of the county in which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | the animal resides with a certificate of immunization and | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | microchip number. The
Board shall cause a rabies
inoculation | ||||||
| 2 | tag to be issued, at a fee established by the Board
for each
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| 3 | dog inoculated against rabies.
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| 4 | Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or | ||||||
| 5 | distributed only to
and used only by licensed veterinarians. | ||||||
| 6 | Such rabies vaccine shall be
licensed by the United States | ||||||
| 7 | Department of Agriculture.
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| 8 | If a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a | ||||||
| 9 | rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, then | ||||||
| 10 | the animal shall be exempt from the rabies shot requirement, | ||||||
| 11 | but the owner must still be responsible for the fees.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
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