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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Controlling the dog and cat population would have 
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a significant benefit to the public health by aiding in the 
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prevention of dog attacks, reducing the number of dog and cat 
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bite cases involving children, and decreasing the number of 
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automobile accidents caused by stray dogs and cats; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Controlling the dog and cat population will save 
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taxpayer dollars by reducing the number of dogs and cats 
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handled by county and municipal animal control agencies; a 
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program was implemented in New Hampshire in 1994 and has 
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significantly reduced the number of dogs and cats euthanized in 
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shelters in that state;  every dollar spent on the New Hampshire 
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neutering program has saved $3.15 in reduced impoundment costs 
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there; and
 
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    WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the State of 
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Illinois to study the issues relating to dog and cat 
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over-population; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Dog and Cat 
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Population Control Advisory Committee is hereby created to 
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study the dog and cat over-population problems; the Committee 
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shall be made up of 9 members as follows: The President of the 
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Senate or his designee, the Minority Leader of the Senate or 
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his designee, the Director of Agriculture or his designee, and 
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the following members appointed by the President of the Senate: 
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one veterinarian who is a county animal control administrator; 
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one veterinarian who is a member of the Illinois State 
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Veterinary Medical Association; one representative from a high 
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volume, low cost spay-neuter clinic that runs a targeted 
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program for the pets of low-income clients; one veterinarian 
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who runs a practice and coordinates a feral 
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cat/trap/neuter/return program; one representative from a 
 


 






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society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or humane 
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society; and one dog or cat owner; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee shall hold one 
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meeting in Cook County and one meeting in Southern Illinois and 
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shall report its findings to the General Assembly  on or before 
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November 1, 2004; after the Committee reports its findings, it 
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is dissolved; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to 
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the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, 
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and the Director of Agriculture.