Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 3/28/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5010

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5010 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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 to extreme heat or cold in a manner or for
14a period of time that:
15        (1) places the dog or cat at risk to in a
16    life-threatening condition including hypothermia or

 

 

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1    frostbite; or situation for a prolonged period of time in
2    extreme heat or cold conditions that
3        (2) results in injury to or death of the animal.
4    (d) (c) A person convicted of violating this Section is
5guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
6conviction for a violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
7In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who
8is convicted of violating subsection (a) upon a companion
9animal in the presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1
10of the Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of
11$250 and ordered to perform community service for not less than
12100 hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law,
13upon conviction for violating this Section, the court may order
14the convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric
15evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the convicted
16person's expense that the court determines to be appropriate
17after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted
18person is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court
19must order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or
20psychiatric evaluation and to undergo treatment that the court
21determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the
22evaluation.
23(Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; revised
2410-20-15.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.".