Sen. Dave Syverson
Filed: 3/1/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3496




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3496 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
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    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by adding Section 
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5-1071.2 as follows:
 
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    (55 ILCS 5/5-1071.2 new)
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    Sec. 5-1071.2. Barking dogs. The county board of each 
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county may, by ordinance, regulate and prohibit the ownership, 
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keeping, possession, or harboring of dogs that by frequent or 
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habitual howling, yelping, barking, or otherwise cause 
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annoyance or disturbance to the surrounding neighborhood 
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within an unincorporated area of the county that has been 
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subdivided for residential purposes. The ordinance must 
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require that the dog was either (i) left outside of a residence 
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without an owner or caretaker, as those terms are used in the 
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Animal Control Act, on the property or (ii) left outside of a 
 


 






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residence and the owner or caretaker was present on the 
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property but the owner or caretaker did not take remedial 
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action to cease the annoyance or disturbance to the surrounding 
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neighborhood. The county board may impose such fines or 
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penalties as are deemed proper to effectuate the purposes of 
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this Section, except when a fine or penalty is already allowed 
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by law. This Section does not apply to veterinary hospitals or 
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clinics operated by a veterinarian licensed under the 
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Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 or 
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premises occupied or used by a county pound.
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    For the purposes of this Section, "surrounding 
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neighborhood" means the property upon which the violating dog 
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is causing the annoyance or disturbance and all properties 
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within 500 feet of that property. 
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".