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Sen. Linda Holmes
Filed: 3/22/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1673
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1673 on page 1, |
| 3 | | line 4, after "by", by inserting "changing Sections 2.11c, |
| 4 | | 3.5, and 9, and by"; and
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| 5 | | on page 1, by inserting immediately below line 5 the |
| 6 | | following:
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| 7 | | "(510 ILCS 5/2.11c)
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| 8 | | Sec. 2.11c. Intact animal. "Intact animal" means an animal |
| 9 | | that has not been sterilized spayed or neutered.
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| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| 11 | | (510 ILCS 5/3.5) |
| 12 | | Sec. 3.5. County animal population fund use limitation. |
| 13 | | Funds placed in the county animal population control fund may |
| 14 | | only be used to (1) spay, neuter, vaccinate, or sterilize |
| 15 | | adopted dogs or cats; (2) sterilize spay, neuter, or vaccinate |
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| 1 | | dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who are |
| 2 | | eligible for the Food Stamp Program or Social Security |
| 3 | | Disability Benefits Program; or (3) sterilize spay, neuter, |
| 4 | | and vaccinate feral cats in programs recognized by the county |
| 5 | | or a municipality. This Section does not apply to a county with |
| 6 | | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 100-405, eff. 1-1-18; 100-870, eff. 1-1-19.)"; |
| 8 | | and
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| 9 | | on page 1, by replacing line 7 through line 12 with the |
| 10 | | following: |
| 11 | | "Sec. 3.6. Feral cat jurisdiction and sterilization. The |
| 12 | | Department and no other State agency has any jurisdiction over |
| 13 | | feral cats, except that the Department of Natural Resources |
| 14 | | has jurisdiction over cats in State Parks."; and
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| 15 | | on page 1, by inserting below line 12 the following:
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| 16 | | "(510 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 8, par. 359)
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| 17 | | Sec. 9. Any dog found running at large contrary to |
| 18 | | provisions of this Act
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be apprehended and impounded. For |
| 19 | | this purpose, the Administrator shall
utilize any existing or |
| 20 | | available animal control facility or licensed animal shelter. |
| 21 | | The dog's owner shall pay a $25 public safety fine to be |
| 22 | | deposited into the county animal control fund or the county |
| 23 | | pet population control fund. Funds transferred to or retained |
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| 1 | | by a municipality before the effective date of this amendatory |
| 2 | | Act of the 100th General Assembly under this paragraph shall |
| 3 | | continue to be transferred to and be retained by that |
| 4 | | municipality. A dog found running at large contrary to the |
| 5 | | provisions of this Act a second or subsequent time must be |
| 6 | | sterilized spayed or neutered within 30 days after being |
| 7 | | reclaimed unless already sterilized spayed or neutered; |
| 8 | | failure to comply shall result in impoundment.
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| 9 | | A dog that is actively engaged in a legal hunting |
| 10 | | activity, including training, is not considered to be running |
| 11 | | at large if the dog is on land that is open to hunting or on |
| 12 | | land on which the person has obtained permission to hunt or to |
| 13 | | train a dog. A dog that is in a dog-friendly area or dog park |
| 14 | | is not considered to be running at large if the dog is |
| 15 | | monitored or supervised by a person.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-787, eff. 8-10-18.)".
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