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    AN ACT concerning criminal 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 Illinois Dangerous Animals Act is amended  by 
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changing Sections 0.1 and 1 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 585/0.1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 240)



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    Sec. 0.1. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 
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context otherwise requires: 


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    "Dangerous animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, 
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jaguar, cheetah,
margay, mountain lion, lynx, bobcat, 
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jaguarundi, bear, hyena, wolf or
coyote, or any poisonous or 
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life-threatening reptile.

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    "Owner" means any person who (a) has a right of property in 
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a dangerous
animal or primate, (b) keeps or harbors a dangerous 
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animal or primate, (c) has a dangerous animal
or primate in his 
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care, or (d) acts as custodian of a dangerous animal or 
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primate.

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    "Person" means any individual, firm, association, 
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partnership,
corporation, or other legal entity, any public or 
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private institution, the
State of Illinois, or any municipal 
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corporation or political subdivision of the State.

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    "Primate" means a nonhuman member of the order primate, 
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including but not limited to chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, 
 


 






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bonobo, gibbon, monkey, lemur, loris, aye-aye, and tarsier. 
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(Source: P.A. 84-28.)

 



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    (720 ILCS 585/1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 241)



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    Sec. 1. Dangerous animals and primates; prohibitions. 
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    (a) No person shall have a right of property in, keep, 
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harbor,
care for, act as custodian
of or maintain in
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possession any dangerous animal or primate except at a properly 
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maintained zoological
park, federally licensed
exhibit, 
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circus, college or university, scientific or
educational 
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institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital, hound 
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running area, or animal
refuge in an escape-proof enclosure.
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    (b)  This Section does not prohibit a person who had lawful 
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possession of a primate before January 1, 2011, from continuing 
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to possess that primate if the person registers the animal by 
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providing written notification to the local animal control 
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administrator on or before April 1, 2011.  The notification 
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shall include:
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        (1) the person's name, address, and telephone number; 
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    and
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        (2) the type of primate, the age, a photograph, a 
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    description of any tattoo, microchip, or other identifying 
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    information, and a list of current inoculations.
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    (c) A person who registers a primate shall notify the local 
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animal control administrator within 30 days of a change of 
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address. If the person moves to another locality within the 
 


 






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State, the person shall register the primate with the new local 
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animal control administrator within 30 days of moving by 
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providing written notification as provided  in subsection (b) 
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and shall include proof of the prior registration.
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    (d) A person who registers a primate shall notify the local 
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animal control administrator immediately if the primate dies, 
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escapes, or bites, scratches, or injures a person. 

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    (e)  This Section does not prohibit a person who is 
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permanently disabled with a severe mobility impairment from 
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possessing a single capuchin monkey to assist the person in 
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performing daily tasks if:
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        (1) the capuchin monkey was obtained from and trained 
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    at a licensed nonprofit organization described in Section 
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    501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the 
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    nonprofit tax status of which was obtained on the basis of 
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    a mission to improve the quality of life of severely 
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    mobility-impaired individuals; and
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        (2) the person complies with the notification 
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    requirements as described in subsection (b). 
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(Source: P.A. 95-196, eff. 1-1-08.)