Full Text of SB1424 95th General Assembly
SB1424sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
Filed: 3/6/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1424
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1424 as follows:
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| on page 13, by replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following: | 4 |
| " on an emergency call-out or volunteer basis and does not | 5 |
| receive any compensation or remuneration for such | 6 |
| services. "; and | 7 |
| on page 17, line 25, after " application ", by inserting the | 8 |
| following: | 9 |
| " to the Department on or after January 7, 2008, but before | 10 |
| January 11, 2008 "; and | 11 |
| on page 20, line 13, after " application ", by inserting the | 12 |
| following: | 13 |
| " to the Department on or after January 7, 2008, but before | 14 |
| January 11, 2008 "; and |
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| on page 21, line 7, after the period, by inserting the | 2 |
| following: | 3 |
| " An agency may subcontract out its canine odor detection | 4 |
| services to another licensed agency or may use the employees of | 5 |
| another licensed agency as subcontractors, provided that all | 6 |
| employees who provide canine odor detection services in either | 7 |
| arrangement are properly registered under this Act and are | 8 |
| otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Section. | 9 |
| It is the responsibility of each agency participating in a | 10 |
| subcontracting arrangement to ensure compliance with all | 11 |
| employees so utilized. "; and | 12 |
| on page 21, line 8, by replacing " employer " with " agency "; and | 13 |
| on page 21, line 25, after " name ", by inserting " and breed "; | 14 |
| and | 15 |
| on page 22, immediately below line 6, by inserting the | 16 |
| following: | 17 |
| " (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | 18 |
| an agency may employ a person in a temporary capacity as a | 19 |
| canine handler if each of the following conditions are met: | 20 |
| (1) The agency completes in its entirety and submits to | 21 |
| the Department an application for a canine handler | 22 |
| registration card, including the required fees. | 23 |
| (2) The agency exercises due diligence to ensure that |
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| the person is qualified under the requirements of the Act | 2 |
| to be issued a canine handler registration card. "; and | 3 |
| by replacing line 7 on page 22 through line 10 on page 23 with | 4 |
| the following: | 5 |
| "(225 ILCS 447/35-42 new) | 6 |
| Sec. 35-42. Canine handler authorization; training | 7 |
| requirements. The Department shall, pursuant to rule, approve | 8 |
| or disapprove training programs for the canine handler training | 9 |
| course, which shall be taught by a qualified instructor. | 10 |
| Qualifications for
instructors shall be set by rule. The canine | 11 |
| handler training course must be conducted by a
licensee under | 12 |
| this Act and approved by the
Department. A canine handler | 13 |
| course must consist of each of the following minimum | 14 |
| requirements: | 15 |
| (1) One hundred hours of basic training, which shall | 16 |
| include the following subjects: | 17 |
| (A) canine handling safety procedures; | 18 |
| (B) basic veterinary health and wellness | 19 |
| principles, including canine first aid; | 20 |
| (C) principles of canine conditioning; | 21 |
| (D) canine obedience techniques; | 22 |
| (E) search patterns and techniques; and | 23 |
| (F) legal guidelines affecting canine odor | 24 |
| detection operations. |
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| (2) Eighty hours of additional training related to the | 2 |
| particular canine discipline in which the canine and canine | 3 |
| handler are to be trained, including without limitation | 4 |
| patrol, narcotics odor detection, explosives odor | 5 |
| detection, and cadaver odor detection. | 6 |
| (3) An examination given at the completion of the | 7 |
| course, which shall consist
of a canine practical | 8 |
| qualification course and a written examination. Successful | 9 |
| completion of the examination shall
be determined by the | 10 |
| canine training facility. "; and | 11 |
| on page 24, line 14, after the period, by inserting the | 12 |
| following: | 13 |
| " Any person who has been engaged in the provision of canine | 14 |
| trainer services since January 1, 2005, shall be granted a | 15 |
| canine trainer authorization card upon the submission of a | 16 |
| completed application, the payment of applicable fees, and the | 17 |
| satisfactory demonstration to the Department of evidence of the | 18 |
| provision of such services. ".
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