Bill Text: IL HB4380 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may expose the dog or cat in a manner that places the dog or cat in a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in extreme heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or above or cold conditions of 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below that could: (1) result in injury to or death of the animal; or (2) result in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary medicine.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-5)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4380 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4380-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3.01 as follows:
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6 | (510 ILCS 70/3.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)
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7 | Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat,
torment, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.
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10 | (b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | public charge or
may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.
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12 | (c) No owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | expose the dog or cat in a manner that places the dog or cat in | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | extreme heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or above or cold | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | conditions of 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below that could : | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (1) result results in injury to or death of the animal; | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (2) result results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | veterinary medicine. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b) |
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1 | of Section 12 of this Act. | ||||||
2 | (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | ||||||
3 | of a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for | ||||||
4 | a violation of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. In addition to | ||||||
5 | any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of | ||||||
6 | violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the | ||||||
7 | presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the | ||||||
8 | Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and | ||||||
9 | ordered to perform community service for not less than 100 | ||||||
10 | hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon
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11 | conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the | ||||||
12 | convicted person
to undergo a psychological or psychiatric | ||||||
13 | evaluation and to undergo any
treatment at the convicted | ||||||
14 | person's expense that the court determines to be
appropriate | ||||||
15 | after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted | ||||||
16 | person
is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court | ||||||
17 | must order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or | ||||||
18 | psychiatric evaluation and to undergo
treatment that the court | ||||||
19 | determines to be appropriate after due consideration
of the | ||||||
20 | evaluation.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, | ||||||
22 | eff. 7-28-16; 99-782, eff. 8-12-16.)
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