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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 599

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  599  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended
 5    by changing Sections 2.01a, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 10, 12  and  16
 6    and by adding Sections 2.01b, 2.01c, 2.01d, 2.09, 2.10, 3.04,
 7    3.05, 3.06, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 as follows:

 8        (510 ILCS 70/2.01a)
 9        Sec.  2.01a.  Companion animal.  "Companion animal" means
10    an animal that is commonly considered to be, or is considered
11    by the owner to be to be used as, a pet.  "Companion  animal"
12    includes,  but  is  not  limited  to,  canines,  felines, and
13    equines.
14    (Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)

15        (510 ILCS 70/2.01b new)
16        Sec. 2.01b.  Exigent       circumstances.        "Exigent
17    circumstances"  means  a  licensed  veterinarian  cannot   be
18    secured without undue delay and, in the opinion of the animal
19    control  or humane agency, the animal is so severely injured,
20    diseased, or  suffering that  it  is  unfit  for  any  useful
21    purpose  and  to delay euthanasia would continue to cause the
 
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 1    animal extreme suffering.

 2        (510 ILCS 70/2.01c new)
 3        Sec. 2.01c. Service animal.  "Service  animal"  means  an
 4    animal trained in obedience and task skills to meet the needs
 5    of a disabled person.

 6        (510 ILCS 70/2.01d new)
 7        Sec.  2.01d.  Search  and  rescue dog. "Search and rescue
 8    dog" means any dog that is trained or is certified to  locate
 9    persons lost on land or in water.

10        (510 ILCS 70/2.09 new)
11        Sec.  2.09.  Humanely dispatched or euthanized. "Humanely
12    dispatched" or "euthanized" means the painless administration
13    of a lethal dose of an  agent  or  method  of  euthanasia  as
14    prescribed  in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
15    Association, January 15, 1993, that causes the painless death
16    of an animal. Animals must be handled prior to administration
17    of the agent or method of euthanasia in  a  manner  to  avoid
18    undue apprehension by the animal.

19        (510 ILCS 70/2.10 new)
20        Sec.  2.10.  Companion animal hoarder.  "Companion animal
21    hoarder" means a person who (i) possesses a large  number  of
22    companion animals; (ii) fails to or is unable to provide what
23    he or she is required to provide under Section 3 of this Act;
24    (iii)  keeps  the companion animals in a severely overcrowded
25    environment; and (iv) displays an inability to  recognize  or
26    understand  the nature of or has a reckless disregard for the
27    conditions under which the companion animals are  living  and
28    the  deleterious  impact  they have on the companion animals'
29    and owner's health and well-being.
 
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 1        (510 ILCS 70/3.04 new)
 2        Sec. 3.04. Arrests and seizures.
 3        (a)  Any law enforcement officer making an arrest for  an
 4    offense  involving  one  or  more animals under Section 3.01,
 5    3.02, or 3.03 of this Act must lawfully  take  possession  of
 6    all  animals  in  the  possession of the person arrested. The
 7    officer, after taking possession of the  animals,  must  file
 8    with  the court before whom the complaint is made against any
 9    person so arrested an  affidavit  stating  the  name  of  the
10    person  charged  in  the  complaint,  a  description  of  the
11    condition  of  the  animal or animals taken, and the time and
12    place of the animal or animals were taken, together with  the
13    name of the person from whom the animal or animals were taken
14    and name of the person who claims to own the animal or animal
15    if  different from the person from whom the animal or animals
16    were seized. He or she must  at  the  same  time  deliver  an
17    inventory  of  the  animal  or  animals taken to the court of
18    competent jurisdiction. The officer must place the animal  or
19    animals  in the custody of an animal control or humane agency
20    and the agency must retain custody of the animal  or  animals
21    subject  to an order of the court adjudicating the charges on
22    the merits and before which the person complained against  is
23    required to appear for trial. The State's Attorney may within
24    14  days  after  the seizure, file a "petition for forfeiture
25    prior to trial" before the court having criminal jurisdiction
26    over the alleged charges, asking for permanent forfeiture  of
27    the  companion  animals  seized.  The petition shall be filed
28    with the court, with copies served on the impounding  agency,
29    the  owner,  and  anyone claiming an interest in the animals.
30    In a "petition for forfeiture prior to trial", the burden  is
31    on  the  prosecution  to  prove  by  a  preponderance  of the
32    evidence that the  person  arrested  violated  Section  3.01,
33    3.02, 3.03, or 4.01.
34        (b)  An  owner  whose  animal or animals are removed by a
 
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 1    law enforcement officer under  this  Section  must  be  given
 2    written notice of the circumstances of the removal and of any
 3    legal  remedies  available to him or her.  The notice must be
 4    posted at the place of seizure,  or  delivered  to  a  person
 5    residing  at  the  place of seizure or, if the address of the
 6    owner is different from the address of the person  from  whom
 7    the  animal  or  animals were seized, delivered by registered
 8    mail to his or her last known address.

 9        (510 ILCS 70/3.05 new)
10        Sec. 3.05. Security for  companion  animals  and  animals
11    used for fighting purposes.
12        (a)  In  the  case  of  companion  animals  as defined in
13    Section 2.01a or animals used for fighting purposes  pursuant
14    to  4.01,  the animal control or humane agency having custody
15    of the animal or animals may file a petition with  the  court
16    requesting  that  the  person from whom the animal or animals
17    are seized, or the owner of the animal or animals, be ordered
18    to post a security.   The  security  must  be  in  an  amount
19    sufficient  to  secure  payment  of  all  reasonable expenses
20    expected to be incurred  by  the  animal  control  or  humane
21    agency  in caring for and providing for the animal or animals
22    pending the disposition of the charges.  Reasonable  expenses
23    include,  but  are not limited to, estimated medical care and
24    boarding of the animal or animals for 30 days. The amount  of
25    the  security  shall  be determined by the court after taking
26    into consideration all of the facts and circumstances of  the
27    case,  including,  but  not limited to, the recommendation of
28    the impounding organization having custody and  care  of  the
29    seized  animal  or  animals  and  the  cost of caring for the
30    animal  or  animals.   If  a  security  has  been  posted  in
31    accordance with this Section, the humane  society  or  animal
32    control  agency  may  draw from the security the actual costs
33    incurred by the organization in caring for the seized  animal
 
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 1    or animals.
 2        (b)  Upon  receipt  of  a  petition  the court must set a
 3    hearing on the petition, to be conducted  within  5  business
 4    days  after the petition is filed.  The petitioner must serve
 5    a true copy of  the  petition  upon  the  defendant  and  the
 6    State's  attorney  for  the  county  in  which  the animal or
 7    animals were seized.  The petitioner must also serve  a  true
 8    copy  of  the  petition  on  any  interested person.  For the
 9    purposes of this subsection,  "interested  person"  means  an
10    individual,   partnership,   firm,   joint   stock   company,
11    corporation, association, trust, estate or other legal entity
12    that  the  court  determines may have a pecuniary interest in
13    the animal or animals that are the subject of  the  petition.
14    The court must set a hearing date to determine any interested
15    parties.   The  court  may  waive  for  good  cause shown the
16    posting of security.
17        (c)  If the court orders the posting of a  security,  the
18    security  must be posted with the clerk of the court within 5
19    business days after the hearing. If  the  person  ordered  to
20    post  security  does  not  do  so,  the animal or animals are
21    forfeited by operation of  law  and  the  animal  control  or
22    humane  agency  having  control of the animal or animals must
23    dispose of the animal or animals  through  adoption  or  must
24    humanely euthanize the animal.  In no event may the defendant
25    or any person residing in the defendant's household adopt the
26    animal or animals. costs associated with custodial care.
27        (d)  The impounding organization may file a petition with
28    the court upon the expiration of the 30-day period requesting
29    the  posting  of additional security. The court may order the
30    person from whom the animal or animals were  seized,  or  the
31    owner  of  the  animal  or  animals,  to  post  an additional
32    security with the clerk of the court  to  secure  payment  of
33    reasonable  expenses for an additional period of time pending
34    a determination by the  court  of  the  charges  against  the
 
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 1    person from whom the animal or animals were seized.
 2        (e)  In  no event may the security prevent the impounding
 3    organization having custody and care of the animal or animals
 4    from disposing of the animal or animals before the expiration
 5    of the 30-day period covered by the  security  if  the  court
 6    makes  a determination of the charges against the person from
 7    whom the animal or animals were seized. Upon the adjudication
 8    of the  charges,  the  person  who  posted  the  security  is
 9    entitled  to  a  refund of the security, in whole or in part,
10    for any expenses not incurred by the impounding organization.
11        (f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Section
12    to  the  contrary,  the court may order a person charged with
13    any violation of this Act to provide necessary  food,  water,
14    shelter,  and  care  for  any  animal or animals that are the
15    basis of the charge without the  removal  of  the  animal  or
16    animals  from  its  existing  location  and until the charges
17    against  the  person  are  adjudicated.     Until   a   final
18    determination  of  the  charges  is made, any law enforcement
19    officer, animal control officer, Department investigator,  or
20    an approved humane investigator may be authorized by an order
21    of  the  court  to make regular visits to the place where the
22    animal or animals are being kept to ascertain if  the  animal
23    or  animals are receiving necessary food, water, shelter, and
24    care.  Nothing in this Section prevents any  law  enforcement
25    officer,   Department   investigator,   or   approved  humane
26    investigator from applying for a warrant under  this  Section
27    to  seize  any  animal  or  animals  being held by the person
28    charged pending the adjudication of  the  charges  if  it  is
29    determined  that  the animal or animals are not receiving the
30    necessary food, water, shelter, or care.
31        (g)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  prevent
32    the  voluntary, permanent relinquishment of any animal by its
33    owner to an animal care and control agency or humane  society
34    in  lieu  of  posting  security or proceeding to a forfeiture
 
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 1    hearing.  Voluntary relinquishment shall have  no  effect  on
 2    the  criminal  charges that may be pursued by the appropriate
 3    authorities.

 4        (510 ILCS 70/3.06 new)
 5        Sec. 3.06. Disposition of seized animals.
 6        (a)  Upon the  conviction  of  the  person  charged,  all
 7    animals  seized,  if  not  previously  ordered  forfeited  or
 8    previously  forfeited  by  operation of law, are forfeited to
 9    the facility impounding the  animals  and  must  be  humanely
10    euthanized or adopted.  Any outstanding costs incurred by the
11    impounding  facility  for  boarding  and treating the animals
12    pending the disposition of the case and any costs incurred in
13    disposing  of  the  animals  must  be  borne  by  the  person
14    convicted. In the event of the acquittal or  final  discharge
15    without conviction of the person charged and when the animals
16    were  not  previously  ordered forfeited by judicial order or
17    operation of law, the  court  shall,  upon  petition  of  the
18    State,  animal  control  agency,  or  humane  agency,  hold a
19    hearing as to  the  disposition  of  the  animals  and  other
20    property  seized.   If  the court finds by a preponderance of
21    the evidence that the criminal allegations are true  or  that
22    the  animals  were  abused,  the animals are forfeited to the
23    impounding facility.  If  the  court  finds  that  the  State
24    failed  to prove the criminal allegations or that the animals
25    were abused, the  court  must  direct  the  delivery  of  the
26    animals and other seized property not previously forfeited to
27    the owner of the animals and property.
28        (b)  Any person authorized by this Section to care for an
29    animal  or  animals,  to  treat  an  animal or animals, or to
30    attempt to restore an animal or animals to  good  health  and
31    who  is  acting  in  good  faith  is immune from any civil or
32    criminal liability that may result from his or her actions.
33        (c)  Any veterinarian in this State who  observes  or  is
 
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 1    presented  with  an  animal  or  animals for the treatment of
 2    aggravated  cruelty  under  Section  3.02  or  torture  under
 3    Section 3.03  of  this  Act  must  file  a  report  with  the
 4    Department  and  cooperate  with the Department by furnishing
 5    the owner's name, the  date  of  receipt  of  the  animal  or
 6    animals  and any treatment administered, and a description of
 7    the animal or animals involved, including a microchip  number
 8    if  applicable.   Any  veterinarian who in good faith makes a
 9    report, as required by this subsection, has immunity from any
10    liability, civil, criminal, or  otherwise,  that  may  result
11    from   his   or   her  actions.   For  the  purposes  of  any
12    proceedings,  civil  or  criminal,  the  good  faith  of  the
13    veterinarian shall be presumed.
14        An animal control or humane agency may humanely euthanize
15    severely injured, diseased, or suffering animals  in  exigent
16    circumstances.

17        (510 ILCS 70/4.02) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.02)
18        Sec. 4.02.  Arrests; reports.
19        (a)  Any  law enforcement officer making an arrest for an
20    offense involving one or more dogs under Section 4.01 of this
21    Act shall lawfully  take  possession  of  all  dogs  and  all
22    paraphernalia,  implements,  or other property or things used
23    or employed, or about to be employed, in the violation of any
24    of the provisions of Section 4.01 of this Act.   When  a  law
25    enforcement  officer  has  taken  Such  officer, after taking
26    possession of such dogs, paraphernalia, implements  or  other
27    property  or  things,  he  or  she  shall file with the court
28    before whom the complaint  is  made  against  any  person  so
29    arrested  an affidavit stating therein the name of the person
30    charged in the such complaint, a  description of the property
31    so taken and  the  time  and  place  of  the  taking  thereof
32    together  with  the name of the person from whom the same was
33    taken and name of the person who claims to own such property,
 
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 1    if different from the person from whom the dogs  were  seized
 2    and  if known, and that the affiant has reason to believe and
 3    does believe, stating the ground of the such belief, that the
 4    dogs and property so taken were was used or employed, or were
 5    was about to be used or employed,  in  a  such  violation  of
 6    Section  4.01 of this Act.  He or she shall thereupon deliver
 7    an inventory of  the  property  so  taken  to  the  court  of
 8    competent  jurisdiction.   The officer must place the dogs in
 9    the custody of an animal control or  humane  agency  and  the
10    agency  must  retain  custody of the dogs pending an order of
11    the court adjudicating the charges on the merits  and  before
12    which the person complained against is required to appear for
13    trial.  A law enforcement officer may humanely euthanize dogs
14    that are severely injured.
15        An owner whose  dogs  are  removed  for  a  violation  of
16    Section  4.01 of this Act must be given written notice of the
17    circumstances of  the  removal  and  of  any  legal  remedies
18    available  to  him  or her.  The notice must be posted at the
19    place of seizure or delivered to a  person  residing  at  the
20    place of seizure or, if the address of the owner is different
21    from  the  address  of  the  person  from  whom the dogs were
22    seized, delivered by registered mail to his or her last known
23    address.
24        The animal control or humane agency having custody of the
25    dogs may file a petition with the court requesting  that  the
26    person  from  whom  the  dogs were seized or the owner of the
27    dogs be ordered to post a security pursuant to  Section  3.05
28    of this Act, which shall, by order, place the same in custody
29    of  an officer or other proper person named and designated in
30    such order, to be kept by him until the conviction  or  final
31    discharge of such person complained against, and shall send a
32    copy  of  such order without delay to the State's attorney of
33    the county and the Department.   The  officer  or  person  so
34    named   and   designated  in  such  order  shall  immediately
 
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 1    thereupon assume the  custody  of  such  property  and  shall
 2    retain  the  same,  subject  to the order of the court before
 3    which such person so complained against may  be  required  to
 4    appear for trial.
 5        Upon  the  conviction  of the person so charged, all dogs
 6    and property so seized shall be adjudged by the court  to  be
 7    forfeited  and shall thereupon be adopted or euthanized.  Any
 8    outstanding costs incurred  by  the  impounding  facility  in
 9    boarding and treating the dogs pending the disposition of the
10    case  and  disposing  of  the  dogs upon a conviction must be
11    borne by the  person  convicted  be  destroyed  or  otherwise
12    disposed  of  as  the  court  may order.  In the event of the
13    acquittal or final discharge without conviction of the person
14    so charged the such court shall, upon petition of the  State,
15    animal control agency, or humane agency, hold a hearing as to
16    the  disposition  of  the dogs and the other property seized.
17    If the court finds by a preponderance of  the  evidence  that
18    the  criminal allegations are true or that the dogs were used
19    in  fighting,  the  dogs  are  forfeited  to  the  impounding
20    facility where the dogs  must  be  adopted  out  or  humanely
21    euthanized.   In  no  event  may  the  dogs be adopted by the
22    defendant or anyone residing in his or her household. If  the
23    court  finds  that  the  State  either  failed  to  prove the
24    criminal allegations or that the dogs were used in  fighting,
25    the  court must direct the delivery of the dogs and the other
26    property not previously forfeited to the owner  of  the  dogs
27    and property.
28        Any person authorized by this Section to care for a dogs,
29    to treat a dog, or to attempt to restore a dog to good health
30    and  who  is acting in good faith is immune from any civil or
31    criminal liability that may result from his or her actions.
32        An animal control or humane agency may euthanize severely
33    injured, diseased, or suffering dog in exigent circumstances,
34    on demand, direct the delivery of such property  so  held  in
 
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 1    custody to the owner thereof.
 2        (b)  Any veterinarian in this State who is presented with
 3    an  animal for treatment of injuries or wounds resulting from
 4    fighting where there is a  reasonable  possibility  that  the
 5    animal  was engaged in or utilized for a fighting event shall
 6    file a report with the Department and cooperate by furnishing
 7    the owners' names, date of receipt of the animal  or  animals
 8    and  treatment  administered,  dates  and descriptions of the
 9    animal or animals involved.  Any  veterinarian  who  in  good
10    faith  makes a report, as required by this subsection (b), is
11    immune  shall  have  immunity  from  any  liability,   civil,
12    criminal,  or that otherwise, resulting from his or her might
13    result by reason of such actions.  For the  purposes  of  any
14    proceedings,  civil  or  criminal, the good faith of any such
15    veterinarian shall be presumed.
16    (Source: P.A. 84-723.)

17        (510 ILCS 70/4.03) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.03)
18        Sec. 4.03.  Teasing, striking or  tampering  with  police
19    animals,   service   animals,   or  search  and  rescue  dogs
20    prohibited.  It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully
21    and maliciously  taunt,  torment,  tease,  beat,  strike,  or
22    administer  or  subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals or
23    substance to (i) any animal used by a law enforcement officer
24    in the performance of his or her functions or duties, or when
25    placed in confinement off  duty,  (ii)  any  service  animal,
26    (iii) any search and rescue dog, or (iv) any police, service,
27    or  search and rescue animal in training.  It is unlawful for
28    any person to; or to interfere or meddle with  (i)  any  such
29    animal  used by a law enforcement department or agency or any
30    handler thereof in the performance of the functions or duties
31    of the department or agency, (ii) any service  animal,  (iii)
32    any  search and rescue animal in or (iv) any law enforcement,
33    service, or search and rescue animal in training.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-80, eff. 7-10-97.)

 2        (510 ILCS 70/4.04) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.04)
 3        Sec. 4.04.  Injuring or killing police  animals,  service
 4    animals,  or  search and rescue dogs prohibited.  It shall be
 5    unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously  torture,
 6    mutilate,  injure,  disable,  poison,  or kill (i) any animal
 7    used by  a  law  enforcement  department  or  agency  in  the
 8    performance  of  the functions or duties of the department or
 9    agency or when placed  in  confinement  off  duty,  (ii)  any
10    service  animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, or (iv) any
11    law enforcement, service, or  search  and  rescue  animal  in
12    training.   However,  a  police  officer  or veterinarian may
13    perform euthanasia in emergency situations when  delay  would
14    cause the animal undue suffering and pain.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-80, eff. 7-10-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

16        (510 ILCS 70/10) (from Ch. 8, par. 710)
17        Sec. 10.  Investigation of complaints.
18        (a)  Upon  receiving a complaint of a suspected violation
19    of this Act, a Department investigator, any  law  enforcement
20    official,  or  an  approved  humane investigator may, for the
21    purpose of investigating the allegations  of  the  complaint,
22    enter  during  normal  business hours upon any premises where
23    the animal or animals described in the complaint  are  housed
24    or  kept,  provided  such  entry  shall  not be made into any
25    building which is a  person's  residence,  except  by  search
26    warrant  or court order. Institutions operating under federal
27    license  to  conduct  laboratory  experimentation   utilizing
28    animals for research or medical purposes are, however, exempt
29    from  the  provisions  of this Section. State's Attorneys and
30    law enforcement officials shall provide  such  assistance  as
31    may  be  required  in the conduct of such investigations. Any
32    such  investigation  requiring  legal  procedures  shall   be
 
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 1    immediately  reported  to  the  Department.  No  employee  or
 2    representative  of  the  Department  shall  enter a livestock
 3    management facility unless sanitized  footwear  is  used,  or
 4    unless  the  owner  or  operator  of the facility waives this
 5    requirement.  The employee or representative  must  also  use
 6    any   other   reasonable  disease  prevention  procedures  or
 7    equipment provided by the owner or operator of the  facility.
 8    The  animal  control administrator and animal control wardens
 9    appointed under the Animal Control Act shall be authorized to
10    make investigations complying with this Section  for  alleged
11    violations of Sections 3, and 3.01, 3.02, and 3.03 pertaining
12    to  small  companion  animals.  If  impoundments  are made by
13    wardens, public pounds operated by a political  entity  shall
14    be  utilized.  The  animals  impounded shall remain under the
15    jurisdiction of the animal control administrator and be  held
16    in  an  animal  pound  licensed under the Animal Welfare Act.
17    All litigation, appeal, and disposition  of  the  animals  so
18    held  will  remain with the governmental agency operating the
19    facility.
20        (b)  Any law  enforcement  official,  animal  control  or
21    humane  agency, approved humane investigator, or veterinarian
22    acting in good faith is immune from  any  civil  or  criminal
23    liability  that  resulting from his or her actions under this
24    Section. The good faith on the part of  the  law  enforcement
25    official,  approved  humane  investigator,  animal control or
26    humane agency, or veterinarian is presumed.
27    (Source: P.A. 87-157.)

28        (510 ILCS 70/12) (from Ch. 8, par. 712)
29        Sec. 12. Impounding animals; notice of impoundment.
30        (a)  When an approved humane investigator,  a  Department
31    investigator or a veterinarian finds that a violation of this
32    Act has rendered an animal in such a condition that no remedy
33    or corrective action by the owner is possible or the violator
 
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 1    fails  or  refuses  to  take  corrective action necessary for
 2    compliance pursuant to Section 11 of this Act, the Department
 3    must may impound or order the impoundment of the animal.   If
 4    the  violator  fails  or  refuses  to  take corrective action
 5    necessary for compliance with Section 11  of  this  Act,  the
 6    Department  may  impound the animal. If the animal is ordered
 7    impounded, it shall be impounded in a facility or at  another
 8    location  where  which will provide the elements of good care
 9    as set forth in Section 3 of this Act can  be  provided,  and
10    where  such  animals  shall  be  examined  and  treated  by a
11    licensed veterinarian or, if the animal is severely  injured,
12    diseased,  or  suffering,  humanely  euthanized.  Any expense
13    incurred in the  impoundment  shall  become  a  lien  on  the
14    animals.
15        (b)  Emergency   impoundment   may   be  exercised  in  a
16    life-threatening situation and the subject animals  shall  be
17    conveyed  directly  to  a  licensed  veterinarian for medical
18    services  necessary  to  sustain  life  or  to  be   humanely
19    euthanized  as  determined  by  the  veterinarian.   If  such
20    emergency  procedure  is  taken by an animal control officer,
21    the Department shall be notified.
22        (c) (b)  A notice of impoundment shall be  given  by  the
23    investigator  to the violator, if known, in person or sent by
24    certified or registered mail. A copy  of the notice shall  be
25    retained by the investigator and a copy forwarded immediately
26    to  the  Department.  The notice of impoundment shall include
27    the following:
28             (1)  A number assigned by the Department which  will
29        also  be  given  to the impounding facility accepting the
30        responsibility of the animal or animals.
31             (2)  Listing of deficiencies noted.
32             (3)  An  accurate  description  of  the  animal   or
33        animals involved.
34             (4)  Date  on  which  the  animal  or  animals  were
 
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 1        impounded.
 2             (5)  Signature of the investigator.
 3             (6)  A  statement  that: "The violator may request a
 4        hearing to appeal the impoundment. A  person  desiring  a
 5        hearing  shall  contact  the  Department  of  Agriculture
 6        within  7  days  from  the  date  of impoundment" and the
 7        Department  must  will  hold  an  administrative  hearing
 8        within 7 business  days  after  receiving  a  request  to
 9        appeal  the  impoundment.  If  the hearing cannot be held
10        prior to the expiration of the 7-day impoundment  period,
11        the  Department shall notify the impounding facility that
12        it cannot sell, offer for adoption,  or  dispose  of  the
13        animal  or animals until a final decision is rendered and
14        all of the appeal processes have expired.
15        If a hearing is  requested  by  any  owner  of  impounded
16    animals,  the Hearing Officer shall, have the authority after
17    hearing the testimony of all interested affected parties,  to
18    render  a decision within 5 business days regarding as to the
19    disposition of the impounded animals.  This decision  by  the
20    Hearing  Officer shall have no effect on the criminal charges
21    that may be filed with the appropriate authorities.
22        If an owner of a companion  animal  or  animal  used  for
23    fighting  purposes  requests a hearing, the animal control or
24    humane agency having control of the  animal  or  animals  may
25    file  a  petition  with  the  court  in  the county where the
26    impoundment took place requesting that the person  from  whom
27    the  animal or animals were seized or the owner of the animal
28    or  animals  be  ordered  to  post  a  security  pursuant  to
29    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3.05 of this Act.
30        If the court orders the posting of security, the security
31    must be posted with the clerk of the court within 5  business
32    days  after  the  hearing.  If  the  person  ordered  to post
33    security does not do so, the court must order the  Department
34    of  Agriculture to hold a hearing on the impoundment within 5
 
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 1    business days.  If the Department determines that it  is  not
 2    in  the best interest of the animal or animals to be returned
 3    to the person from whom it was seized, the animal or  animals
 4    are  forfeited  to the animal control or humane agency having
 5    control of the animal or animals.  If  no  petition  for  the
 6    posting  of  a  security is filed or a petition was filed and
 7    granted but the person failed to post security,  any  expense
 8    incurred  in  the  impoundment shall remain outstanding until
 9    satisfied by the owner or the person from whom the animal  or
10    animals were impounded.
11        Any  expense  incurred in such impoundment becomes a lien
12    on the animal impounded and must  be  discharged  before  the
13    animal is released from the facility. When the impoundment is
14    not  appealed,  the  animal  or animals are forfeited and the
15    animal control or humane agency in charge of  the  animal  or
16    animals  may  lawfully  and  without  liability  provide  for
17    adoption  of the animal or animals by a person other than the
18    person who forfeited the animal or animals, or any person  or
19    persons  dwelling  in  the  same  household as the person who
20    forfeited  the  animals  or  animals,  or  it  may   humanely
21    euthanize the animal or animals. the animal is not claimed by
22    its  owner and all impoundment costs satisfied within 7 days,
23    it  may  be  sold  at  public  or  private  sale   for   fair
24    consideration   to   a   person  capable  of  providing  care
25    consistent with this Act, with  the  proceeds  of  that  sale
26    applied  first  to  discharge  the lien and any balance to be
27    paid over to the owner. If no purchaser is found, the  animal
28    may  be  offered  for adoption or disposed of in a manner not
29    inconsistent with this or any other Act.
30    (Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)

31        (510 ILCS 70/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 716)
32        Sec. 16.  Violations; punishment; injunctions.
33        (a)  Any person convicted of violating Sections 5,  5.01,
 
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 1    or  6  of  this Act  or any rule, regulation, or order of the
 2    Department pursuant thereto, for the first time is guilty  of
 3    a Class A C misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent violation is
 4    a Class 4 felony.
 5             (b)(1)  This subsection (b) does not apply where the
 6        only animals involved in the violation are dogs.
 7             (2)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
 8        (a), (b), (c) or (h) of Section 4.01 of this Act  or  any
 9        rule,  regulation,  or  order  of the Department pursuant
10        thereto, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
11             (3)  A second or subsequent  offense  involving  the
12        violation  of  subsection (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01
13        of this Act or any rule,  regulation,  or  order  of  the
14        Department pursuant thereto is a Class 4 felony.
15             (4)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
16        (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
17        regulation,  or  order of the Department pursuant thereto
18        for the first time, is guilty of a Class A B misdemeanor.
19        A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.
20             (5)  Any person convicted  of  violating  subsection
21        (g)  of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation,
22        or order of the Department pursuant thereto is guilty  of
23        a Class C misdemeanor.
24             (c)(1)  This   subsection  (c)  applies  exclusively
25        where the only animals  involved  in  the  violation  are
26        dogs.
27             (2)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
28        (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
29        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
30        guilty of a Class 4 felony and may be fined an amount not
31        to exceed $50,000.
32             (3)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
33        (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
34        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
 
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 1        guilty  of  Class  A  misdemeanor, if such person knew or
 2        should have known that  the  device  or  equipment  under
 3        subsection  (d)  or  (e)  of  that  Section  or the site,
 4        structure  or  facility  under  subsection  (f)  of  that
 5        Section was to be used to carry out a violation where the
 6        only animals involved were dogs.  Where such  person  did
 7        not  know  or should not reasonably have been expected to
 8        know that the only animals involved in the violation were
 9        dogs, the penalty shall be same as that provided  for  in
10        paragraph (4) of subsection (b).
11             (4)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
12        (g) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,  regulation
13        or order of the Department pursuant thereto is  guilty of
14        a Class C misdemeanor.
15             (5)  A  second or subsequent violation of subsection
16        (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
17        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
18        a  Class  3  felony.  A second or subsequent violation of
19        subsection (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or
20        any rule, regulation or order of the  Department  adopted
21        pursuant  thereto  is  a  Class  3  felony,  if  in  each
22        violation  the  person knew or should have known that the
23        device or equipment under subsection (d) or (e)  of  that
24        Section   or   the  site,  structure  or  facility  under
25        subsection (f) of that Section was to be  used  to  carry
26        out  a  violation  where  the  only animals involved were
27        dogs.  Where such person  did  not  know  or  should  not
28        reasonably  have  been  expected  to  know  that the only
29        animals involved in the violation were dogs, a second  or
30        subsequent  violation  of  subsection  (d), (e) or (f) of
31        Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation or order
32        of the Department adopted pursuant thereto is a  Class  4
33        felony  A  misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent violation
34        of subsection (g) is a Class B misdemeanor.
 
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 1             (6)  Any person convicted of violating Section  3.01
 2        of  this  Act  is  guilty  of a Class A C misdemeanor.  A
 3        second  or  subsequent  conviction  for  a  violation  of
 4        Section 3.01 is a Class 4 felony B misdemeanor.  A  third
 5        or  subsequent conviction for a violation of Section 3.01
 6        is a Class A misdemeanor.
 7             (7)  Any person convicted of violating Section  4.03
 8        for  the first time is guilty of a Class A B misdemeanor.
 9        A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.
10             (8)  Any person convicted of violating Section  4.04
11        is  guilty  of  a Class A misdemeanor where the animal is
12        not killed or totally disabled,  but  if  the  animal  is
13        killed or totally disabled such person shall be guilty of
14        a Class 4 felony.
15             (8.5)  A  person  convicted  of violating subsection
16        (a) of Section 7.15 is guilty of a Class A B misdemeanor.
17        A person convicted of violating subsection (b) or (c)  of
18        Section  7.15  is  (i) guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if
19        the dog is not killed or totally disabled and (ii) if the
20        dog is killed or totally disabled, guilty of  a  Class  4
21        felony   and   may  be  ordered  by  the  court  to  make
22        restitution to the  disabled  person  having  custody  or
23        ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement
24        costs  of the dog.  A second or subsequent violation is a
25        Class 4 felony.
26             (9)  Any person convicted of any other act of  abuse
27        or  neglect  or  of violating any other provision of this
28        Act, or any rule, regulation, or order of the  Department
29        pursuant  thereto,  is guilty of a Class A C misdemeanor.
30        A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony with
31        every day  that  a  violation  continues  constituting  a
32        separate offense.
33        (d)  Any  person  convicted  of  violating Section 7.1 is
34    guilty of a Class C misdemeanor petty offense.  A  second  or
 
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 1    subsequent  conviction  for  a  violation of Section 7.1 is a
 2    Class B C misdemeanor.
 3        (e)  Any person convicted of violating  Section  3.02  is
 4    guilty  of  a  Class  A  misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent
 5    violation is a Class 4 felony.
 6        (f)  The Department may enjoin a person from a continuing
 7    violation of this Act.
 8        (g)  Any person convicted of violating  Section  3.03  is
 9    guilty  of  a Class 4 felony.  A second or subsequent offense
10    is a Class 3 felony.  As a condition of the sentence  imposed
11    under  this  Section,  the  court shall order the offender to
12    undergo a psychological  or  psychiatric  evaluation  and  to
13    undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate
14    after due consideration of the evaluation.
15        (h)  In  addition  to  any other penalty provided by law,
16    upon a conviction for violating Sections 3,  3.01,  3.02,  or
17    3.03  the  court  may order the convicted person to undergo a
18    psychological or psychiatric evaluation and  to  undergo  any
19    treatment  at  the  convicted person's expense that the court
20    determines to be appropriate after due consideration  of  the
21    evaluation.  If  the  convicted  person  is  a juvenile or an
22    animal hoarder, the court must order the convicted person  to
23    undergo  a  psychological  or  psychiatric  evaluation and to
24    undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate
25    after due consideration of the evaluation.
26        (i)  In addition to any other penalty  provided  by  law,
27    upon conviction for violating Sections 3, 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03
28    the  court  may  order  the  convicted person to forfeit to a
29    humane agency  or  animal  control  facility  the  animal  or
30    animals that are the basis of the conviction.  Upon  an order
31    of  forfeiture,  the  convicted  person  is  deemed  to  have
32    permanently  relinquished all rights to the animal or animals
33    that are the basis of the conviction.  The  forfeited  animal
34    or  animals  shall  be adopted or humanely euthanized.  In no
 
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 1    event may the convicted person or anyone residing in  his  or
 2    her  household  be permitted to adopt the forfeited animal or
 3    animals.    The  court,  additionally,  may  order  that  the
 4    convicted person and persons dwelling in the  same  household
 5    as  the  convicted person who conspired, aided, or abetted in
 6    the unlawful act that was the basis of the conviction, or who
 7    knew or should have known of the unlawful act, may  not  own,
 8    harbor, or have custody or control of any other animals for a
 9    period of time that the court deems reasonable.
10    (Source:  P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-80,  eff.  7-10-97;
11    91-291,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-351,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-357, eff.
12    7-29-99; revised 8-30-99.)

13        (510 ILCS 70/17 new)
14        Sec. 17. Payment of the costs of violations. In  addition
15    to  the  any  other  penalties  under this Act, the convicted
16    person must pay all costs necessary to  restore  the  injured
17    animal  to good health or to otherwise ameliorate the effects
18    of the abuse or neglect.  In addition, the court  must  order
19    the  convicted  person  to pay all costs incurred in boarding
20    and  caring  for  any  animal  abused  or  neglected  by  the
21    convicted person pending the disposition of the case and  the
22    costs  of  the disposition of the animal after the conclusion
23    of the case.  All costs paid by the convicted person must  be
24    reimbursed  to  the  humane  organization,  person,  or legal
25    entity that incurred the costs.  The court  must  also  order
26    that an equitable portion of any fine received be paid to any
27    recognized   humane   organization  that  incurred  costs  in
28    investigating or  prosecuting  the  offenses  for  which  the
29    person paying the fine was convicted.

30        (510 ILCS 70/18 new)
31        Sec. 18. Defenses.
32        (a)  It  is  not  a defense to violations of this Act for
 
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 1    the person committing the violation to assert that he or  she
 2    had  rights of ownership in the animal that was the victim of
 3    the violation.
 4        (b)  Trespass is not a defense  to  a  prosecution  under
 5    this Act.

 6        (510 ILCS 70/19 new)
 7        Sec. 19.  Corporations.  Corporations may be charged with
 8    violations  of  this  Act  for the acts of their employees or
 9    agents who violate this Act in the course of their employment
10    or agency.

11        (510 ILCS 70/20 new)
12        Sec. 20. Civil actions. Any person who  has  a  right  of
13    ownership  in  an animal that is subjected to an act of abuse
14    or neglect in violation of this Act may bring a civil  action
15    to  recover the damages sustained by that owner.  Damages may
16    include, but are not limited to, the monetary  value  of  the
17    animal, veterinary expenses incurred on behalf of the animal,
18    any  other  expenses  incurred by the owner in rectifying the
19    effects of the cruelty, pain, and suffering  of  the  animal,
20    and emotional distress suffered by the owner.  In addition to
21    damages  that  may  be  proven, the owner is also entitled to
22    punitive or exemplary damages of not less than $500  but  not
23    more  than  $25,000 for each act of abuse or neglect to which
24    the animal was subjected.  In addition, the court must  award
25    reasonable attorney's fees and costs actually incurred by the
26    owner in the prosecution of any action under this Section.
27        The  remedies provided in this Section are in addition to
28    any other remedies allowed by law.
29        In an action under this Section, the court may enter  any
30    injunctive  orders  reasonably  necessary  to protect animals
31    from any further acts of abuse, neglect, or harassment  by  a
32    defendant.   Trespass  is  not  a defense to any action under
 
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 1    this Section.
 2        The statute of limitations for cruelty to  animals  is  2
 3    years.

 4        (510 ILCS 70/21 new)
 5        Sec. 21. Illinois Animal Abuse Fund.  The Illinois Animal
 6    Abuse  Fund  is  created  as  a  special  fund  in  the State
 7    treasury.  Moneys  in  the  Fund  may  be  used,  subject  to
 8    appropriation,   by   the   Department   of   Agriculture  to
 9    investigate animal abuse and neglect under this Act.

10        Section 10.  The Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
11    changing Section 27.5 as follows:

12        (705 ILCS 105/27.5) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.5)
13        Sec.   27.5.  (a)  All  fees,  fines,  costs,  additional
14    penalties, bail balances assessed or forfeited, and any other
15    amount paid by a person to the circuit clerk that  equals  an
16    amount  less than $55, except restitution under Section 5-5-6
17    of the Unified Code of  Corrections,  reimbursement  for  the
18    costs  of  an  emergency  response  as provided under Section
19    5-5-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections, any fees  collected
20    for attending a traffic safety program under paragraph (c) of
21    Supreme  Court  Rule  529,  any  fee collected on behalf of a
22    State's Attorney under Section 4-2002 of the Counties Code or
23    a sheriff under Section 4-5001 of the Counties Code,  or  any
24    cost  imposed  under  Section  124A-5 of the Code of Criminal
25    Procedure of 1963, for convictions, orders of supervision, or
26    any other disposition for a violation of Chapters  3,  4,  6,
27    11,  and  12  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  or a similar
28    provision of a local ordinance,  and  any  violation  of  the
29    Child  Passenger  Protection Act, or a similar provision of a
30    local ordinance, and except as  provided  in  subsection  (b)
31    shall  be  disbursed  within  60  days  after  receipt by the
 
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 1    circuit clerk as follows:  47%  shall  be  disbursed  to  the
 2    entity  authorized  by law to receive the fine imposed in the
 3    case; 12% shall be disbursed to the State Treasurer; and  41%
 4    shall be disbursed to the county's general corporate fund. Of
 5    the  12%  disbursed  to  the  State  Treasurer,  1/6 shall be
 6    deposited by the  State  Treasurer  into  the  Violent  Crime
 7    Victims  Assistance  Fund,  1/2  shall  be deposited into the
 8    Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund, and 1/3 shall
 9    be deposited into the Drivers  Education  Fund.   For  fiscal
10    years 1992 and 1993, amounts deposited into the Violent Crime
11    Victims  Assistance Fund, the Traffic and Criminal Conviction
12    Surcharge Fund, or  the  Drivers  Education  Fund  shall  not
13    exceed  110%  of  the  amounts  deposited into those funds in
14    fiscal year 1991.  Any amount that  exceeds  the  110%  limit
15    shall  be  distributed as follows:  50% shall be disbursed to
16    the  county's  general  corporate  fund  and  50%  shall   be
17    disbursed to the entity authorized by law to receive the fine
18    imposed  in the case. Not later than March 1 of each year the
19    circuit clerk shall submit a report of the  amount  of  funds
20    remitted to the State Treasurer under this Section during the
21    preceding  year  based upon independent verification of fines
22    and fees.  All counties shall be  subject  to  this  Section,
23    except  that  counties with a population under 2,000,000 may,
24    by ordinance, elect not to be subject to this  Section.   For
25    offenses  subject  to  this  Section, judges shall impose one
26    total sum of money payable for violations.  The circuit clerk
27    may add on no additional amounts except for amounts that  are
28    required  by  Sections  27.3a  and  27.3c of this Act, unless
29    those amounts are specifically waived  by  the  judge.   With
30    respect  to  money collected by the circuit clerk as a result
31    of forfeiture of bail,  ex  parte  judgment  or  guilty  plea
32    pursuant  to  Supreme Court Rule 529, the circuit clerk shall
33    first deduct and pay amounts required by Sections  27.3a  and
34    27.3c of this Act. This Section is a denial and limitation of
 
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 1    home  rule  powers  and  functions  under  subsection  (h) of
 2    Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
 3        (b)  The following amounts must be remitted to the  State
 4    Treasurer for deposit into the Illinois Animal Abuse Fund:
 5             (1)  50%  of  amounts collected for Class 4 felonies
 6        under subsection (a), paragraph (4)  of  subsection  (b),
 7        and   paragraphs   (5),  (6),  (7),  (8.5),  and  (9)  of
 8        subsection (c) of Section  16  of  the  Humane  Care  for
 9        Animals Act.
10             (2)  20%   of   amounts   collected   for   Class  A
11        misdemeanors  under  subsection  (a),  paragraph  (4)  of
12        subsection (b), and  paragraphs  (6),  (7),  and  (9)  of
13        subsection  (c)  of  Section  16  of  the Humane Care for
14        Animals Act.
15             (3)  20%  of   amounts   collected   for   Class   B
16        misdemeanors  under  subsection  (d) of Section 16 of the
17        Humane Care for Animals Act.
18             (4)  50%  of   amounts   collected   for   Class   C
19        misdemeanors  under  subsection  (d) of Section 16 of the
20        Humane Care for Animals Act.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96.)

22        Section 15.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
23    Section 5.545 as follows:

24        (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new)
25        Sec. 5.545.  The Illinois Animal Abuse Fund.

26        Section   25.   Severability.   The  provisions  of  this
27    amendatory Act of the 92nd  General  Assembly  are  severable
28    under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

29        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
30    January 1, 2002.".

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