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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2887
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Dan Cronin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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510 ILCS 5/16 |
from Ch. 8, par. 366 |
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Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that if a dog or other animal, without provocation, attacks or injures, whether directly or proximately, any
person who is peaceably conducting himself or herself in any place where he or she may
lawfully be, the owner of such dog or other animal is strictly liable in civil damages to
such person for the full amount of the injury sustained.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2887 |
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LRB094 18905 RSP 54350 b |
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| AN ACT concerning animals.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 16 as follows:
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| (510 ILCS 5/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 366)
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| Sec. 16. Strict liability; animal attacks or injuries.
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| If a dog or other animal, without provocation, attacks or |
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| injures, whether directly or proximately, any
person who is |
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| peaceably conducting himself or herself in any place where he |
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| or she may
lawfully be, the owner of such dog or other animal |
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| is strictly liable in civil damages to
such person for the full |
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| amount of the injury sustained.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-795.)
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