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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 Section 3.01 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 determined by a doctor of
19    veterinary 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) (c) A person convicted of violating this Section is

 

 

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1guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
2conviction for a violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
3In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who
4is convicted of violating subsection (a) upon a companion
5animal in the presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1
6of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of
7$250 and ordered to perform community service for not less than
8100 hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law,
9upon conviction for violating this Section, the court may order
10the convicted 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.
19(Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; revised
2010-20-15.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.