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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4213 Introduced 1/22/2020, by Rep. Mike Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 510 ILCS 70/7.1 | from Ch. 8, par. 707.1 |
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Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Adds firefighter and paramedic to the list of persons who are authorized, after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or person responsible for the animal, to enter a motor vehicle by any reasonable means if he or she has probable cause to believe that the animal's health or safety is at risk.
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| | HB4213 | | LRB101 17491 CMG 66901 b |
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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 Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 7.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (510 ILCS 70/7.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 707.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 7.1. Confinement in motor vehicle.
No owner or person |
| 8 | | shall confine any animal in a motor vehicle
in such a manner |
| 9 | | that places it in a life or health threatening
situation by |
| 10 | | exposure to a prolonged period of extreme heat or cold, without
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| 11 | | proper ventilation or other protection from such heat or cold. |
| 12 | | In order to
protect the health and safety of an animal, an |
| 13 | | animal control officer, firefighter, paramedic, law
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| 14 | | enforcement officer, or Department investigator who has |
| 15 | | probable cause to
believe that this Section is being violated |
| 16 | | shall have authority to enter such
motor vehicle by any |
| 17 | | reasonable means under the circumstances after making a
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| 18 | | reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person |
| 19 | | responsible.
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| 20 | | A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a |
| 21 | | Class C
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a |
| 22 | | Class B misdemeanor.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)
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