Rep. Jim Sacia
Filed: 3/5/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 583




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 583 as follows:

 
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on page 1, immediately after the enacting clause, by inserting 
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the following:
 
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    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
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Section 5.719 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
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    Sec. 5.719. The Equine Rescue Assistance Fund."; and
 
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on page 1, line 4, by replacing "Section 5" with "Section 7"; 
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and
 
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on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section 13.1" with  "Sections 
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13.1 and 13.3"; and
 
 


 






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on page 1, immediately after line 13, by inserting the 
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following:
 
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    "(225 ILCS 635/13.3 new)

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    Sec. 13.3. Equine Rescue Assistance Fund and Program. 
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    (a) The Equine Rescue Assistance Fund is created  as a 
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special fund in the State Treasury. The Fund may accept fees, 
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gifts, grants, donations, and  federal or State appropriations, 
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for  use by  the Department in making grants to qualified equine 
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rescue organizations through the Equine Rescue Assistance 
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Program.
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    (b) Federally inspected facilities that produce horse meat 
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that is exempt from this Act's requirements because of Section 
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13.1 shall collect a fee of $25 for every horse slaughtered. 
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These facilities shall remit these fees to the Department on a 
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quarterly basis, and the Department  shall deposit remitted fees 
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into the Equine Rescue Assistance Fund.
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    (c) The Department shall create and administer an Equine 
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Rescue Assistance Program. Subject to appropriation from the 
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Fund, the Department shall make grants to qualified equine 
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rescue organizations for the expansion of equine rescue 
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facilities and for the care and maintenance of rescued 
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horses.".