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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5301
Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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510 ILCS 70/3.02 |
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510 ILCS 70/16.2 |
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510 ILCS 70/16.3 |
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Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that it is aggravated cruelty for a person to knowingly, recklessly, or negligently commit an act that causes more than 50 companion animals to suffer serious injury or death. Provides for criminal and civil penalties and for corporate liability.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5301 |
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LRB095 15985 RCE 41997 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 Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 3.02, 16.2, and 16.3 as follows:
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| (510 ILCS 70/3.02)
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| Sec. 3.02. Aggravated cruelty. No person may intentionally
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| commit an act that causes a companion animal to suffer serious |
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| injury or
death. No person may knowingly, recklessly, or |
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| negligently commit an act that causes more than 50 companion |
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| animals to suffer serious injury or death. Aggravated cruelty |
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| does not include euthanasia of a companion animal
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| recognized methods approved by the Department of Agriculture.
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| A person convicted of violating Section 3.02 is guilty of a |
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| Class 4
felony. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 3 |
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| felony. In addition to
any other penalty provided by law, upon |
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| conviction for violating this Section,
the court may order the |
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| convicted person to undergo a psychological or
psychiatric |
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| evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the convicted |
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| person's
expense that the court determines to be appropriate |
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| after due consideration of
the evaluation. If the convicted |
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| person is a juvenile or a companion animal
hoarder, the court |
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| must order the convicted person to undergo a psychological
or |