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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3996 Introduced 3/4/2021, 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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| | HB3996 | | LRB102 17222 KMF 22680 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 |
| 8 | | animal. |
| 9 | | (a) In this Section: |
| 10 | | "Place of public accommodation" has the meaning ascribed |
| 11 | | to it in Section 5-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. |
| 12 | | "Service animal" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section |
| 13 | | 48-8. |
| 14 | | (b) A person commits misrepresenting an animal as a |
| 15 | | service animal when he or she knowingly misrepresents an |
| 16 | | animal that is not a service animal as a service animal for the |
| 17 | | purpose of obtaining accommodation of the animal in a place of |
| 18 | | public accommodation that prohibits non-service animals or for |
| 19 | | the purpose of transportation of the animal on a public |
| 20 | | conveyance that prohibits non-service animals. |
| 21 | | (c) A violation of this Section is a petty offense for |
| 22 | | which the court shall impose a fine of $250 for a first |
| 23 | | offense, $500 for a second offense, and $750 for a third or |