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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Research Dogs and Cats Adoption Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
| 7 | | "Animal adoption organization" means a non-profit |
| 8 | | organization authorized to conduct affairs in this State, |
| 9 | | incorporated for the purpose of adopting animals in need and |
| 10 | | finding permanent, adoptive homes for the animals and licensed |
| 11 | | as an animal shelter under the Animal Welfare Act. |
| 12 | | "Attending veterinarian" means a person who is in the |
| 13 | | employ of the research facility and who meets the definition of |
| 14 | | attending veterinarian in regulations promulgated under the |
| 15 | | federal Animal Welfare Act (9 CFR 1.1). |
| 16 | | "Public funds" means appropriated and non-appropriated |
| 17 | | funding from the State or federal government. |
| 18 | | "Research facility" means an institution of higher |
| 19 | | education located in this State that utilizes dogs or cats for |
| 20 | | scientific, educational, or research purposes and receives |
| 21 | | public funds for those purposes. |
| 22 | | "Research facility adoption policy" means an adoption |
| 23 | | policy for dogs and cats that details the specific steps that a |
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| 1 | | research facility takes to provide for the adoption of a dog or |
| 2 | | cat that is no longer necessary for scientific, educational, or |
| 3 | | research purposes and that, in the opinion of the dog's or |
| 4 | | cat's attending veterinarian, is suitable for adoption. The |
| 5 | | policy shall apply only to dogs or cats owned by the research |
| 6 | | facility.
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| 7 | | Section 10. Research dog and cat adoption. |
| 8 | | (a) A research facility, after the completion of any |
| 9 | | research involving a dog or cat, shall assess the health of the |
| 10 | | dog or cat and determine whether it is suitable for adoption. |
| 11 | | (b) A research facility shall thereafter make reasonable |
| 12 | | efforts to offer for adoption a dog or cat determined to be |
| 13 | | suitable for adoption, either through private placement or |
| 14 | | through an animal adoption organization. |
| 15 | | (c) A research facility that provides a dog or cat to an |
| 16 | | animal adoption organization under its research facility |
| 17 | | adoption policy is immune from any civil liability resulting |
| 18 | | from the research facility's actions as described in this |
| 19 | | Section, except for willful or wanton misconduct. |
| 20 | | (d) Nothing in this Section shall create a duty upon an |
| 21 | | animal adoption organization to accept a dog or cat offered for |
| 22 | | adoption by a research facility. |
| 23 | | (e) An attending veterinarian shall have the authority to |
| 24 | | assess the health of the dog or cat and determine whether the |
| 25 | | dog or cat is suitable for adoption. |