103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5788

 

Introduced 3/21/2024, by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1205/8-60 new

    Amends the Park District Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a park district police officer, code enforcement officer, or any official or employee of a park district with the authority to issue citations may not ticket an individual or group or arrest an individual for setting live traps to capture animals with the intention of rescuing those animals. Effective immediately.


LRB103 39979 AWJ 71199 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5788LRB103 39979 AWJ 71199 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding
5Section 8-60 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1205/8-60 new)
7    Sec. 8-60. Rescue trapping. Notwithstanding any other
8provision of law, a park district police officer, code
9enforcement officer, or any official or employee of a park
10district with the authority to issue citations may not ticket
11an individual or group or arrest an individual for setting
12live traps to capture animals with the intention of rescuing
13those animals.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.