Bill Text: IL HB4977 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that any person who, while lawfully on a vacated property, notices a companion animal housed on that property must notify either the county animal control or the local police department. Makes a violation of this provision a Class B misdemeanor. Authorizes animal control officers and law enforcement officers who are responding to such a notification to enter the vacated property by any reasonable means under the circumstances to remove and render aid to the abandoned animal. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4977 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB4977-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) Any person who, while lawfully on a property that he or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | she knows has been vacated due to the termination of a lease or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | rental agreement, foreclosure, or some other cause, notices a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | companion animal housed on the property shall notify either the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | county animal control or the local police department. A person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | shall not be civilly or criminally liable for notifying the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | animal control entity or law enforcement agency. An animal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | control officer or law enforcement officer who is responding to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | a notification may enter the property by any reasonable means | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | under the circumstances to remove and render aid to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | abandoned animal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (d) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) or (b) |
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1 | of this Section is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or | ||||||
2 | subsequent conviction for a violation of subsection (a) or (b) | ||||||
3 | of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. A person convicted of | ||||||
4 | violating subsection (c) of this Section is guilty of a Class B | ||||||
5 | misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, | ||||||
6 | upon
conviction for violating subsection (a) or (b) of this | ||||||
7 | Section, the court may order the convicted person
to undergo a | ||||||
8 | psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to undergo any
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9 | treatment at the convicted person's expense that the court | ||||||
10 | determines to be
appropriate after due consideration of the | ||||||
11 | evidence. If the convicted person
is a juvenile or a companion | ||||||
12 | animal hoarder, the court must order the convicted
person to | ||||||
13 | undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to | ||||||
14 | undergo
treatment that the court determines to be appropriate | ||||||
15 | after due consideration
of the evaluation.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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