Rep. Daniel J. Burke
Filed: 2/26/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3768 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3768 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3.01 as follows:
 



6    (510 ILCS 70/3.01)  (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)



7    Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. No person or owner may beat, 
8cruelly treat,
torment, starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any 
9animal.

10    No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a 
11public charge or
may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.

12    Except as otherwise provided, a A person convicted of 
13violating this Section is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.  A 
14second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this Section

15is a Class 4 felony.  In addition to any other penalty provided 
16by law, upon
conviction for violating this Section, the court 
 
 
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1may order the convicted person
to undergo a psychological or 
2psychiatric evaluation and to undergo any
treatment at the 
3convicted person's expense that the court determines to be

4appropriate after due consideration of the evidence. If a 
5person convicted of violating this Section committed the act in 
6the presence of a minor, he or she is guilty of a Class 4 felony 
7for the first violation and a Class 3 felony for a second or 
8subsequent violation.  If the convicted person
is a juvenile or 
9a companion animal hoarder, the court must order the convicted

10person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and 
11to undergo
treatment that the court determines to be 
12appropriate after due consideration
of the evaluation.

13(Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)".