94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2447

 

Introduced 02/17/05, by Rep. David R. Leitch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 5/3   from Ch. 8, par. 353

    Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that the County Board shall (now, is authorized to) require the registration of dogs and cats. Provides that a microchip number may (now, shall) serve as the registration number. Deletes a requirement that microchips operate at a certain frequency.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3 as follows:
 
6     (510 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 8, par. 353)
7     Sec. 3. The County Board Chairman with the consent of the
8 County Board shall appoint an Administrator. Appointments
9 shall be made as necessary to keep this position filled at all
10 times. The Administrator may appoint as many Deputy
11 Administrators and Animal Control Wardens to aid him or her as
12 authorized by the Board. The compensation for the
13 Administrator, Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control
14 Wardens shall be fixed by the Board. The Administrator may be
15 removed from office by the County Board Chairman, with the
16 consent of the County Board.
17     The Board shall provide necessary personnel, training,
18 equipment, supplies, and facilities, and shall operate pounds
19 or contract for their operation as necessary to effectuate the
20 program. The Board may enter into contracts or agreements with
21 persons to assist in the operation of the program.
22     The Board shall be empowered to utilize monies from their
23 General Corporate Fund to effectuate the intent of this Act.
24     The Board shall is authorized by ordinance to require the
25 registration of dogs and cats and may require microchipping of
26 dogs and cats. The Board and shall impose an individual dog or
27 cat animal and litter registration fee. All persons selling
28 dogs or cats or keeping registries of dogs or cats shall
29 cooperate and provide information to the Administrator as
30 required by Board ordinance, including sales, number of
31 litters, and ownership of dogs and cats. If microchips are
32 required, the microchip number may shall serve as the county

 

 

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1 animal control registration number. All microchips shall have
2 an operating frequency of 125 kilohertz.
3     In obtaining information required to implement this Act,
4 the Department shall have power to subpoena and bring before it
5 any person in this State and to take testimony either orally or
6 by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in
7 the same manner as prescribed by law for civil cases in courts
8 of this State.
9     The Director shall have power to administer oaths to
10 witnesses at any hearing which the Department is authorized by
11 law to conduct, and any other oaths required or authorized in
12 any Act administered by the Department.
13     This Section does not apply to feral cats.
14 (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)