100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3438

 

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 70/3.01  from Ch. 8, par. 703.01
510 ILCS 70/3.02

    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that in certain offenses involving injury to companion animals, except for a State licensed veterinary hospital, humane society, animal shelter, or kennel, the convicted individual shall pay the owner of the companion animal 3 times the value of the immediate, completed, or ongoing veterinary treatment related to the injury of the companion animal.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
5changing Sections 3.01 and 3.02 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 70/3.01)  (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)
7    Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment.
8    (a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat, torment,
9starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.
10    (b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a
11public charge or may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.
12    (c) No owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may
13expose the dog or cat in a manner that places the dog or cat in
14a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in
15extreme heat or cold conditions that:
16        (1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or
17        (2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite,
18    or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary
19    medicine.
20    (c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from
21being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b)
22of Section 12 of this Act.
23    (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty

 

 

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1of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for
2a violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony. In addition to
3any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of
4violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the
5presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the
6Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and
7ordered to perform community service for not less than 100
8hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon
9conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the
10convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric
11evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the convicted
12person's expense that the court determines to be appropriate
13after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted
14person is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court
15must order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or
16psychiatric evaluation and to undergo treatment that the court
17determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the
18evaluation. A person convicted of subsection (c), except for a
19State licensed veterinary hospital, humane society, animal
20shelter, or kennel, shall pay the owner of the companion animal
213 times the value of the immediate, completed, or ongoing
22veterinary treatment related to the inquiry of the companion
23animal.
24(Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
25eff. 7-28-16; 99-782, eff. 8-12-16.)
 

 

 

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1    (510 ILCS 70/3.02)
2    Sec. 3.02. Aggravated cruelty.
3    (a) No person may intentionally commit an act that causes a
4companion animal to suffer serious injury or death. Aggravated
5cruelty does not include euthanasia of a companion animal
6through recognized methods approved by the Department of
7Agriculture unless prohibited under subsection (b).
8    (b) No individual, except a licensed veterinarian as
9exempted under Section 3.09, may knowingly or intentionally
10euthanize or authorize the euthanasia of a companion animal by
11use of carbon monoxide.
12    (c) A person convicted of violating Section 3.02 is guilty
13of a Class 4 felony. A second or subsequent violation is a
14Class 3 felony. In addition to any other penalty provided by
15law, upon conviction for violating this Section, the court may
16order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or
17psychiatric evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the
18convicted person's expense that the court determines to be
19appropriate after due consideration of the evaluation. If the
20convicted person is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder,
21the court must order the convicted person to undergo a
22psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to undergo
23treatment that the court determines to be appropriate after due
24consideration of the evaluation. A person convicted of this
25Section, except for a State licensed veterinary hospital,
26humane society, animal shelter, or kennel, shall pay the owner

 

 

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1of the companion animal 3 times the value of the immediate,
2completed, or ongoing veterinary treatment related to the
3inquiry of the companion animal.
4(Source: P.A. 96-780, eff. 8-28-09.)