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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 500
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| AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 500 by replacing |
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| lines 2 through 32 on page 1 and all of page 2 with the |
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| following:
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| "WHEREAS, Controlling the dog and cat population would have |
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| a significant benefit to the public health by aiding in the |
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| prevention of dog attacks, reducing the number of dog and cat |
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| bite cases involving children, and decreasing the number of |
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| automobile accidents caused by stray dogs and cats; and
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| WHEREAS, Controlling the dog and cat population will save |
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| taxpayer dollars by reducing the number of dogs and cats |
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| handled by county and municipal animal control agencies; a |
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| program was implemented in New Hampshire in 1994 and has |
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| significantly reduced the number of dogs and cats euthanized in |
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| shelters in that state; every dollar spent on the New Hampshire |
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| neutering program has saved $3.15 in reduced impoundment costs |
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| there; and
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| WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the State of |
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| Illinois to study the issues relating to dog and cat |
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| over-population; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Dog and Cat |
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| Population Control Advisory Committee is hereby created to |
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| study the dog and cat over-population problems; the Committee |
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| shall be made up of 9 members as follows: The President of the |
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| Senate or his designee, the Minority Leader of the Senate or |
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| his designee, and the following members appointed by the |
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| President of the Senate: one veterinarian who runs a private |
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| practice in Central Illinois and coordinates a feral cat |
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| trap/neuter/return program; one representative from a society |
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| for the prevention of cruelty to animals, humane society, or |
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| nonprofit animal shelter whose shelter is also a member of the |
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| Illinois Federation of Humane Societies or is a member of the |
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| Illinois Animal Control Association; one animal control |
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| administrator from southern Illinois who is a veterinarian; |
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| and, a pet owner; the following members to be appointed by the |
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| Minority Leader of the Senate: one veterinarian who is a county |
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| animal control administrator and a current member of the |
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| Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, one |
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| representative from a high volume, low cost spay-neuter clinic |
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| that runs a targeted spay/neuter program for the pets of |
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| low-income clients for a city of more than 500,000 residents, |
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| and one animal control administrator for a city of more than |
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| 500,000 residents; the Director of Agriculture or his |
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| representative shall be a non-voting observer of the Dog and |
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| Cat Population Control Advisory Committee; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee shall hold one |
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| meeting in Cook County and one meeting in Southern Illinois and |
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| shall report its findings to the General Assembly on or before |
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| November 1, 2004; after the Committee reports its findings, it |
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| is dissolved; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to |
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| the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, |
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| and the Director of Agriculture.".
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