100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5666
 
Introduced , by Rep. Dave Severin - Daniel Swanson - David S. Olsen
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
    
225 ILCS 605/5  from Ch. 8, par. 305
225 ILCS 605/7  from Ch. 8, par. 307

     Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter that creates or has an existing program where veterans of the United States Armed Forces may adopt an animal at a discounted rate or at no charge, the Department of Agriculture shall charge a discounted fee for licensing or renewal for that animal shelter.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended  by changing 
5Sections 5 and 7 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 605/5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 305)



7    Sec. 5. Original licenses. Applications by individuals for 
8original licenses shall be made to
the Department, shall be in 
9writing on forms prescribed by
the Department and shall be 
10accompanied by the required fee, which shall
not be returnable.  
11An animal shelter that creates  or has an existing program where 
12veterans of the United States Armed Forces may adopt an animal 
13at a discounted rate or at no  charge, the Department shall  
14charge a discounted fee required for licensing under this 
15Section for that animal shelter. Any such application shall 
16require such information
as in the judgment of the Department 
17will enable the Department to pass
on the qualifications of the 
18applicant for a license.  It shall include,
but need not be 
19limited to information concerning age, citizenship,
present 
20residence, location of the business licensed under this Act,

21including the location of all foster homes,
description of 
22facilities to be used, present and previous business

23connections and experience, bank and professional references, 
 
 
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1whether
any license of the applicant under this Act or any 
2federal, state,
county or local law, ordinance or regulation, 
3relating to dealing in or
handling dogs or cats, ever was 
4suspended or revoked and whether the
applicant ever has been 
5convicted of a felony.  Such felony conviction
may be taken into 
6consideration by the Department in determining
qualifications 
7for licensing but shall not operate as a bar to
licensing.

8(Source: P.A. 89-178, eff. 7-19-95.)

 



9    (225 ILCS 605/7)  (from Ch. 8, par. 307)



10    Sec. 7. Renewal of licenses. Applications for renewal 
11licenses shall be made to the
Department, shall be in writing 
12on forms prescribed by the
Department, shall contain such 
13information as will enable the Department
to determine if the 
14applicant is qualified to continue to hold a license
and shall 
15be accompanied by the required fee, which shall not be

16returnable. An animal shelter that creates  or has an existing  
17program where veterans of the United States Armed Forces may 
18adopt an animal at a discounted rate or at no  charge, the 
19Department shall charge a discounted fee required for renewal 
20under this Section for that animal shelter. 

21(Source: P.A. 81-198.)