Bill Text: IL HB5010 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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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 for a prolonged period of time to extreme heat or cold conditions in a manner that is detrimental to the animal's health. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0782 [HB5010 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB5010-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0782
HB5010 Enrolled LRB099 19123 MGM 43512 b
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 Section 3.01 as follows:
(510 ILCS 70/3.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)
Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment.
(a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat, torment,
starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.
(b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a
public charge or may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.
(c) 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 or cold conditions that:
(1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or
(2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite,
or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary
medicine.
(c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from
being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b)
of Section 12 of this Act.
(d) (c) A person convicted of violating this Section is

guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
conviction for a violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who
is convicted of violating subsection (a) upon a companion
animal in the presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1
of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of
$250 and ordered to perform community service for not less than
100 hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law,
upon conviction for violating this Section, the court may order
the convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric
evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the convicted
person's expense that the court determines to be appropriate
after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted
person is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court
must order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or
psychiatric evaluation and to undergo treatment that the court
determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the
evaluation.
(Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; revised
10-20-15.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.