Bill Text: IL SB1342 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Provides a person shall not allow for the participation of an African elephant or Asian elephant protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 in a traveling animal act. Provides that the provision does not apply to an exhibition of elephants at a non-mobile, permanent institution, or facility. Provides that a person who violates the Section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500 or more than $10,000 for each violation. Defines "mobile or traveling housing facility", "performance", and "traveling animal act". Effective January 1, 2018.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0090 [SB1342 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1342-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Provides a person shall not allow for the participation of an African elephant or Asian elephant protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 in a traveling animal act. Provides that the provision does not apply to an exhibition of elephants at a non-mobile, permanent institution, or facility. Provides that a person who violates the Section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500 or more than $10,000 for each violation. Defines "mobile or traveling housing facility", "performance", and "traveling animal act". Effective January 1, 2018.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0090 [SB1342 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1342-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 48-11 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/48-11 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 48-11. Unlawful use of an elephant in a traveling | ||||||
| 8 | animal act. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Mobile or traveling animal housing facility" means a | ||||||
| 11 | transporting vehicle such as a truck, trailer, or railway car | ||||||
| 12 | used to transport or house animals while traveling to an | ||||||
| 13 | exhibition or other performance. | ||||||
| 14 | "Performance" means an exhibition, public showing, | ||||||
| 15 | presentation, display, exposition, fair, animal act, circus, | ||||||
| 16 | ride, trade show, petting zoo, carnival, parade, race, or other | ||||||
| 17 | similar undertaking in which animals are required to perform | ||||||
| 18 | tricks, give rides, or participate as accompaniments for | ||||||
| 19 | entertainment, amusement, or benefit of a live audience. | ||||||
| 20 | "Traveling animal act" means any performance of animals | ||||||
| 21 | where animals are transported to, from, or between locations | ||||||
| 22 | for the purpose of a performance in a mobile or traveling | ||||||
| 23 | animal housing facility. | ||||||
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| 1 | (b) A person commits unlawful use of an elephant in a | ||||||
| 2 | traveling animal act when he or she knowingly allows for the | ||||||
| 3 | participation of an African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) or | ||||||
| 4 | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) protected under the federal | ||||||
| 5 | Endangered Species Act of 1973 in a traveling animal act. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) This Section does not apply to an exhibition of | ||||||
| 7 | elephants at a non-mobile, permanent institution, or other | ||||||
| 8 | facility. | ||||||
| 9 | (d) Sentence. Unlawful use of an elephant in a traveling | ||||||
| 10 | animal act is a Class A misdemeanor.
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