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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 Animal Control Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 3 and by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (510 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 353)
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| 7 | Sec. 3. The County Board Chairman
with the consent of the | ||||||
| 8 | County Board
shall appoint an Administrator. Appointments | ||||||
| 9 | shall be made as
necessary to keep this position filled at all | ||||||
| 10 | times. The Administrator
may appoint as many Deputy | ||||||
| 11 | Administrators and Animal Control Wardens to
aid him or her as | ||||||
| 12 | authorized by the Board. The compensation for the
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| 13 | Administrator, Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control | ||||||
| 14 | Wardens shall
be fixed by the Board. The Administrator may be | ||||||
| 15 | removed from office by
the County Board Chairman, with the | ||||||
| 16 | consent of the County Board.
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| 17 | The Board shall provide necessary personnel, training, | ||||||
| 18 | equipment,
supplies, and
facilities, and shall operate pounds | ||||||
| 19 | or contract for their operation as
necessary to effectuate the | ||||||
| 20 | program. The Board may enter into contracts
or agreements with | ||||||
| 21 | persons to assist in the operation of the program and may | ||||||
| 22 | establish a county animal population control program.
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| 23 | The Board shall be empowered to utilize monies from their | ||||||
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| 1 | General
Corporate Fund to effectuate the intent of this Act.
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| 2 | The Board is authorized by ordinance to require the | ||||||
| 3 | registration and
may require microchipping of
dogs and cats.
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| 4 | The Board shall
impose an individual dog or cat registration | ||||||
| 5 | fee with a minimum differential of $10 for intact dogs or cats. | ||||||
| 6 | Ten dollars of the differential shall be placed either in a | ||||||
| 7 | county animal population control fund or in the State's Pet | ||||||
| 8 | Population Control Fund. If the money is placed in the county | ||||||
| 9 | animal population control fund it shall be used to (i) spay, | ||||||
| 10 | neuter, or sterilize adopted dogs or cats or (ii) spay or | ||||||
| 11 | neuter dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who | ||||||
| 12 | are eligible for the Food Stamp Program. All persons
selling | ||||||
| 13 | dogs or cats or keeping registries of dogs or cats shall
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| 14 | cooperate and
provide
information
to the Administrator as | ||||||
| 15 | required by Board ordinance, including sales,
number of | ||||||
| 16 | litters, and
ownership
of dogs and cats. If microchips are | ||||||
| 17 | required, the microchip number may
serve as the county animal
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| 18 | control registration number.
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| 19 | In obtaining information required to implement this Act, | ||||||
| 20 | the Department
shall have power to subpoena and bring before it | ||||||
| 21 | any person in this State
and to take testimony either orally or | ||||||
| 22 | by deposition, or both, with the
same fees and mileage and in | ||||||
| 23 | the same manner as prescribed by law for civil
cases in courts | ||||||
| 24 | of this State.
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| 25 | The Director shall have power to
administer
oaths to | ||||||
| 26 | witnesses at any hearing which the Department is authorized by
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| 1 | law to conduct, and any other oaths required or authorized in | ||||||
| 2 | any Act
administered
by the Department.
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| 3 | This Section does not apply to feral cats.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| 5 | (510 ILCS 5/3.5 new) | ||||||
| 6 | Sec. 3.5. County animal population fund use limitation. | ||||||
| 7 | Funds from the $10 set aside of the differential under Section | ||||||
| 8 | 3 of this Act that is placed in the county animal population | ||||||
| 9 | control fund may only be used to (1) spay, neuter, vaccinate, | ||||||
| 10 | or sterilize adopted dogs or cats; (2) spay, neuter, or | ||||||
| 11 | vaccinate dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who | ||||||
| 12 | are eligible for the Food Stamp Program or Social Security | ||||||
| 13 | Disability Benefits Program; or (3) spay, neuter, and vaccinate | ||||||
| 14 | feral cats in programs recognized by the county or a | ||||||
| 15 | municipality. This Section does not apply to a county with | ||||||
| 16 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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