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91_HB1153
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1 AN ACT to amend the Humane Care for Animals Act by adding
2 Section 4.05 and changing Section 16.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
6 adding Section 4.05 and changing Section 16 as follows:
7 (510 ILCS 70/4.05 new)
8 Sec. 4.05. Greyhound race simulcast prohibited. No
9 person shall transmit or receive interstate or intrastate
10 simulcasting of greyhound races for commercial purposes in
11 this State.
12 (510 ILCS 70/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 716)
13 Sec. 16. Violations; punishment; injunctions.
14 (a) Any person convicted of violating Sections 5, 5.01,
15 or 6 of this Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the
16 Department pursuant thereto, is guilty of a Class C
17 misdemeanor.
18 (b)(1) This subsection (b) does not apply where the
19 only animals involved in the violation are dogs.
20 (2) Any person convicted of violating subsection
21 (a), (b), (c) or (h) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any
22 rule, regulation, or order of the Department pursuant
23 thereto, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
24 (3) A second or subsequent offense involving the
25 violation of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01
26 of this Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the
27 Department pursuant thereto is a Class 4 felony.
28 (4) Any person convicted of violating subsection
29 (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule,
30 regulation, or order of the Department pursuant thereto,
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1 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
2 (5) Any person convicted of violating subsection
3 (g) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation,
4 or order of the Department pursuant thereto is guilty of
5 a Class C misdemeanor.
6 (c)(1) This subsection (c) applies exclusively
7 where the only animals involved in the violation are
8 dogs.
9 (2) Any person convicted of violating subsection
10 (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule,
11 regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
12 guilty of a Class 4 felony and may be fined an amount not
13 to exceed $50,000.
14 (3) Any person convicted of violating subsection
15 (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule,
16 regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
17 guilty of Class A misdemeanor, if such person knew or
18 should have known that the device or equipment under
19 subsection (d) or (e) of that Section or the site,
20 structure or facility under subsection (f) of that
21 Section was to be used to carry out a violation where the
22 only animals involved were dogs. Where such person did
23 not know or should not reasonably have been expected to
24 know that the only animals involved in the violation were
25 dogs, the penalty shall be same as that provided for in
26 paragraph (4) of subsection (b).
27 (4) Any person convicted of violating subsection
28 (g) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation
29 or order of the Department pursuant thereto is guilty of
30 a Class C misdemeanor.
31 (5) A second or subsequent violation of subsection
32 (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule,
33 regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
34 a Class 3 felony. A second or subsequent violation of
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1 subsection (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or
2 any rule, regulation or order of the Department adopted
3 pursuant thereto is a Class 3 felony, if in each
4 violation the person knew or should have known that the
5 device or equipment under subsection (d) or (e) of that
6 Section or the site, structure or facility under
7 subsection (f) of that Section was to be used to carry
8 out a violation where the only animals involved were
9 dogs. Where such person did not know or should not
10 reasonably have been expected to know that the only
11 animals involved in the violation were dogs, a second or
12 subsequent violation of subsection (d), (e) or (f) of
13 Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation or order
14 of the Department adopted pursuant thereto is a Class A
15 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of
16 subsection (g) is a Class B misdemeanor.
17 (6) Any person convicted of violating Section 3.01
18 of this Act is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. A second
19 conviction for a violation of Section 3.01 is a Class B
20 misdemeanor. A third or subsequent conviction for a
21 violation of Section 3.01 is a Class A misdemeanor.
22 (7) Any person convicted of violating Section 4.03
23 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
24 (8) Any person convicted of violating Section 4.04
25 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor where the animal is
26 not killed or totally disabled, but if the animal is
27 killed or totally disabled such person shall be guilty of
28 a Class 4 felony.
29 (8.5) A person convicted of violating subsection
30 (a) of Section 7.15 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
31 A person convicted of violating subsection (b) or (c) of
32 Section 7.15 is (i) guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if
33 the dog is not killed or totally disabled and (ii) if the
34 dog is killed or totally disabled, guilty of a Class 4
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1 felony and may be ordered by the court to make
2 restitution to the disabled person having custody or
3 ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement
4 costs of the dog.
5 (9) Any person convicted of violating any other
6 provision of this Act, or any rule, regulation, or order
7 of the Department pursuant thereto, is guilty of a Class
8 C misdemeanor with every day that a violation continues
9 constituting a separate offense.
10 (10) A person convicted of violating Section 4.05
11 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
12 (d) Any person convicted of violating Section 7.1 is
13 guilty of a petty offense. A second or subsequent conviction
14 for a violation of Section 7.1 is a Class C misdemeanor.
15 (e) Any person convicted of violating Section 3.02 is
16 guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
17 (f) The Department may enjoin a person from a continuing
18 violation of this Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-455, eff. 5-20-96; 89-689, eff. 12-31-96;
20 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-80, eff. 7-10-97; revised 10-31-98.)
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