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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5128 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Lance Yednock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of misrepresenting an animal as a service animal. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly misrepresents an animal that is not a service animal as a service animal for the purpose of obtaining accommodation of the animal in a place of public accommodation that prohibits non-service animals or for the purpose of transportation of the animal on a public conveyance that prohibits non-service animals. Defines "place of public accommodation" and "service animal". Provides that a violation is a petty offense for which the court shall impose a fine of $250 for a first offense, $500 for a second offense, and $750 for a third or subsequent offense. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5128 | | LRB101 18174 RLC 67616 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 48-8.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/48-8.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 48-8.5. Misrepresenting an animal as a service animal. |
| 8 | | (a) In this Section: |
| 9 | | "Place of public accommodation" has the meaning ascribed |
| 10 | | to it in Section 5-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. |
| 11 | | "Service animal" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section |
| 12 | | 48-8. |
| 13 | | (b) A person commits misrepresenting an animal as a service |
| 14 | | animal when he or she knowingly misrepresents an animal that is |
| 15 | | not a service animal as a service animal for the purpose of |
| 16 | | obtaining accommodation of the animal in a place of public |
| 17 | | accommodation that prohibits non-service animals or for the |
| 18 | | purpose of transportation of the animal on a public conveyance |
| 19 | | that prohibits non-service animals. |
| 20 | | (c) A violation of this Section is a petty offense for |
| 21 | | which the court shall impose a fine of $250 for a first |
| 22 | | offense, $500 for a second offense, and $750 for a third or |
| 23 | | subsequent offense.
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