Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
Filed: 5/8/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3614
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3614 as follows:
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3 | on page 1, line 5, by replacing "3.04 and 4.01" with "3.04, | ||||||
4 | 4.01, and 4.04"; and | ||||||
5 | on page 7, immediately after line 17, by inserting the | ||||||
6 | following:
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7 | "(510 ILCS 70/4.04) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.04)
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8 | Sec. 4.04. Injuring or killing police animals, service | ||||||
9 | animals, or search
and rescue dogs prohibited.
It shall be | ||||||
10 | unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously torture,
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11 | mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill (i) any animal used | ||||||
12 | by a law
enforcement department or agency in the performance of | ||||||
13 | the functions or duties
of the department or agency or when | ||||||
14 | placed in confinement off duty, (ii) any
service animal, (iii) | ||||||
15 | any search and rescue dog, or (iv) any law enforcement,
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1 | service, or search and rescue animal in training. However, a | ||||||
2 | police officer or
veterinarian may perform euthanasia in | ||||||
3 | emergency situations when delay would
cause the animal undue | ||||||
4 | suffering and pain.
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5 | A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a | ||||||
6 | Class 4
felony
A misdemeanor if the animal is not killed or | ||||||
7 | totally disabled; if
the animal is killed or totally disabled, | ||||||
8 | the person is guilty of a Class 3
Class 4 felony.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-454, eff. 1-1-02; | ||||||
10 | 92-650, eff.
7-11-02; incorporates 92-723, eff. 1-1-03; | ||||||
11 | revised 10-3-02.)".
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