Bill Text: IL HB5788 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Park District Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a park district police officer, code enforcement officer, or any official or employee of a park district with the authority to issue citations may not ticket an individual or group or arrest an individual for setting live traps to capture animals with the intention of rescuing those animals. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5788 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5788-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5788 Introduced 3/21/2024, by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 1205/8-60 new
Amends the Park District Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a park district police officer, code enforcement officer, or any official or employee of a park district with the authority to issue citations may not ticket an individual or group or arrest an individual for setting live traps to capture animals with the intention of rescuing those animals. Effective immediately.
LRB103 39979 AWJ 71199 b
A BILL FOR
HB5788 LRB103 39979 AWJ 71199 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding
Section 8-60 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1205/8-60 new)
Sec. 8-60. Rescue trapping. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a park district police officer, code
enforcement officer, or any official or employee of a park
district with the authority to issue citations may not ticket
an individual or group or arrest an individual for setting
live traps to capture animals with the intention of rescuing
those animals.