96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0678


 
Introduced 02/06/09, by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
 
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510 ILCS 70/7.2 new










    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Prohibits a person from transporting, or causing or allowing to be transported, any equine animal in or upon a trailer, conveyance, or any other vehicle with 2 or more levels stacked upon one another. Creates penalties for violations. Effective immediately.
















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HB0678

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    AN ACT concerning animals.

 
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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 Humane Care for Animals Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 7.2 as follows:
 
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    (510 ILCS 70/7.2  new)
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    Sec. 7.2. Transport Prohibitions for Equines. 
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    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person 
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may not transport, or cause or allow to be transported, any 
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equine animal in or upon any trailer, conveyance, or other 
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vehicle whatsoever with 2 or more levels stacked on top of one 
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another.
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    (b) A person convicted of violating this Section or any 
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rule, regulation, or order of the Department pursuant thereto 
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is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for each equine animal 
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transported. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 
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felony, with every day that a violation continues constituting 
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a separate offense.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.