SB0125sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 4/17/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 125

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 125 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by changing Section 3.01 as follows:

(510 ILCS 70/3.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)

Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat, torment, starve, overwork, cause to suffer from exposure, or otherwise abuse any animal.

No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a public charge or may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.

A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the convicted person's expense that the court determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted person is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court must order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the evaluation.

(Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)".