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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1659
Introduced 2/24/2005, by Sen. Gary G. Dahl SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Animal Control Act. In the definition of "serious physical injury", includes injury or death to an animal as well as a person. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1659 |
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LRB094 11245 JAM 41983 b |
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| AN ACT concerning animals, which may be referred to as |
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| Marty's Law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 2.19a as follows:
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| (510 ILCS 5/2.19a)
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| Sec. 2.19a. "Serious physical injury" means a physical |
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| injury to a person or an animal that
creates a substantial risk |
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| of death or that causes death, serious or
protracted |
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| disfigurement, protracted impairment of health,
impairment of |
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| the function of any bodily organ, or plastic surgery.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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