94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1499

 

Introduced 2/23/2005, by Sen. John O. Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 70/3.03
510 ILCS 70/3.03-2 new

    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Prohibits the docking of the tail of any member of the bovine species. Provides that "dock" means to remove any part of the animal's tail for any reason other than to amputate part of the tail due to an incurable injury or illness to the tail that threatens the animal's well-being, but does not include trimming the hair at the end of the tail. Provides that bovine tail docking is punishable in the same manner as animal torture.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning animals.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3.03 and by adding Section 3.03-2 as follows:
 
6     (510 ILCS 70/3.03)
7     Sec. 3.03. Animal torture.
8     (a) A person commits animal torture when that person
9 without legal justification knowingly or intentionally
10 tortures an animal. For purposes of this Section, and subject
11 to subsection (b), "torture" means infliction of or subjection
12 to extreme physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or
13 prolong the pain, suffering, or agony of the animal.
14     (b) For the purposes of this Section, "animal torture" does
15 not include any death, harm, or injury caused to any animal by
16 any of the following activities:
17         (1) any hunting, fishing, trapping, or other activity
18     allowed under the Wildlife Code, the Wildlife Habitat
19     Management Areas Act, or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code;
20         (2) any alteration or destruction of any animal done by
21     any person or unit of government pursuant to statute,
22     ordinance, court order, or the direction of a licensed
23     veterinarian;
24         (3) any alteration or destruction of any animal by any
25     person for any legitimate purpose, including, but not
26     limited to: castration, culling, declawing, defanging, ear
27     cropping, euthanasia, gelding, grooming, neutering,
28     polling, shearing, shoeing, slaughtering, spaying, tail
29     docking (except bovine tail docking as provided under
30     Section 3.03-2), and vivisection; and
31         (4) any other activity that may be lawfully done to an
32     animal.

 

 

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1     (c) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty
2 of a Class 3 felony. As a condition of the sentence imposed
3 under this Section, the court shall order the offender to
4 undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to
5 undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate
6 after due consideration of the evaluation.
7 (Source: P.A. 91-351, eff. 7-29-99; 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)
 
8     (510 ILCS 70/3.03-2 new)
9     Sec. 3.03-2. Bovine tail docking. Notwithstanding any
10 provision of law to the contrary, no person shall dock the tail
11 of any member of the bovine species or hire any person to
12 perform such an operation. For purposes of this Section, "dock"
13 means to remove any part of the animal's tail for any reason
14 other than to amputate part of the tail due to an incurable
15 injury or illness to the tail that threatens the animal's
16 well-being, but does not include trimming the hair at the end
17 of the tail. Any person who violates this Section shall be
18 considered to have committed animal torture and shall be
19 subject to the sanctions provided for animal torture under
20 Section 3.03.