103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4590
 
Introduced 1/31/2024, by Rep. Harry Benton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 605/3.3
    Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended by changing 
5Section 3.3 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 605/3.3)
7    Sec. 3.3. Adoption of dogs and cats. 
8    (a) An animal shelter or animal control facility shall not 
9adopt out any dog or adopt out or return to field any cat 
10unless it has been sterilized and microchipped. However, an 
11animal shelter or animal control facility may adopt out a dog 
12or cat that has not been sterilized and microchipped if the 
13adopting owner has executed a written agreement to have 
14sterilizing and microchipping procedures performed within 14 
15days after a licensed veterinarian certifies the dog or cat is 
16healthy enough for sterilizing and microchipping procedures 
17and a licensed veterinarian has certified that the dog or cat 
18is too sick or injured to be sterilized or it would be 
19detrimental to the health of the dog or cat to be sterilized or 
20microchipped at the time of the adoption.
21    (b) An animal shelter or animal control facility may adopt 
22out any dog or cat that is not free of disease, injury, or 
23abnormality if the disease, injury, or abnormality is 
 
 
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1disclosed in writing to the adopter, and the animal shelter or 
2animal control facility allows the adopter to return the 
3animal to the animal shelter or animal control facility.
4    (c) The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this 
5Section do not apply to adoptions subject to Section 11 of the 
6Animal Control Act.
7    (d) An animal shelter or animal control facility may shall 
8waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting 
9the dog or cat:
10        (1) presents to the animal shelter or animal control 
11    facility a current and valid Illinois driver's license 
12    with the word "veteran" printed on its face, a current and 
13    valid Illinois Identification Card with the word "veteran" 
14    printed on its face, or an identification card issued 
15    under the federal Veterans Identification Card Act of 2015 
16    and a valid Illinois driver's license or valid Illinois 
17    Identification Card; and
18        (2) complies with the adoption policies of the animal 
19    shelter or animal control facility. 
20    (e) An animal shelter or animal control facility may limit 
21the number of dogs or cats adopted from that animal shelter or 
22animal control facility pursuant to this Section to one dog or 
23cat each in a 2-year period. 
24(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-434, eff. 1-1-24.)