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Full Text of HB3614  95th General Assembly

HB3614sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 5/8/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3614

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3614 as follows:
 
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:
 
7     "(510 ILCS 70/4.04)  (from Ch. 8, par. 704.04)
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,
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.
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.
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.)".