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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3731 Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 510 ILCS 70/4.04 | from Ch. 8, par. 704.04 |
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Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person who willfully or maliciously tortures, mutilates, injures, disables, poisons, or kills any animal used by a law
enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties
of the department or agency or when placed in confinement off duty, any service animal, any search and rescue dog, any law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty is guilty of a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony) if the animal is killed or totally disabled and a person is guilty of a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 3 felony) if the animal is killed or totally disabled. Provides that a person who kills or severely injures any animal used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or agency of when placed off duty, any service animal, any search and rescue dog, any law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty, while he or she is in the commission of a felony, is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Provides that if an offender is found guilty of this offense, the offender shall be responsible for any veterinarian bills for an animal that was injured, and training costs for another animal, if the animal injured or killed is no longer able to be in service.
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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 1. This Act may be referred to as Draco's Law.
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| 5 | | Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by |
| 6 | | changing Section 4.04 as follows:
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| 7 | | (510 ILCS 70/4.04) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.04)
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| 8 | | Sec. 4.04. Injuring or killing police animals, service |
| 9 | | animals, accelerant detection dogs, or search
and rescue dogs |
| 10 | | prohibited.
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| 11 | | (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or |
| 12 | | maliciously torture,
mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or |
| 13 | | kill (i) any animal used by a law
enforcement department or |
| 14 | | agency in the performance of the functions or duties
of the |
| 15 | | department or agency or when placed in confinement off duty, |
| 16 | | (ii) any
service animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, (iv) |
| 17 | | any law enforcement,
service, or search and rescue animal in |
| 18 | | training, or (v) any accelerant detection canine used by a fire |
| 19 | | officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or |
| 20 | | her functions or while off duty. However, a police officer or
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| 21 | | veterinarian may perform euthanasia in emergency situations |
| 22 | | when delay would
cause the animal undue suffering and pain.
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