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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5228
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5228 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 30-110 as follows:
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| 6 | (60 ILCS 1/30-110)
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| 7 | Sec. 30-110. Impounding and sale of animals. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The electors may authorize the
distraining, | ||||||
| 9 | impounding, and sale of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine,
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| 10 | sheep, and goats for penalties incurred and the costs of the | ||||||
| 11 | proceeding. The
sale of animals distrained or impounded shall | ||||||
| 12 | be conducted, as near as may be
practicable, according to the | ||||||
| 13 | law regulating sales of property by sheriffs for
the | ||||||
| 14 | satisfaction of a judgment of the circuit court. The owner of | ||||||
| 15 | the animals
may redeem them from the purchaser at any time | ||||||
| 16 | within 3 months from the date of
the sale by paying the amount | ||||||
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| 1 | of the purchaser's bid, with reasonable costs for
their keeping | ||||||
| 2 | and interest upon the amount bid at the rate of 10% per annum.
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| 3 | (b) The electors may also prohibit the running at large of | ||||||
| 4 | dogs and cats and authorize the impounding of dogs found | ||||||
| 5 | running at large
and provide for their destruction at the end | ||||||
| 6 | of a reasonable period of time if
they are not claimed and the | ||||||
| 7 | cost of impounding paid. This subsection does not apply to | ||||||
| 8 | feral cats.
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| 9 | (c) In a township that is located in a county that does not | ||||||
| 10 | license or register cats and dogs, the electors may authorize | ||||||
| 11 | the requirement that dogs and cats be registered with the | ||||||
| 12 | township. The electors may also authorize the imposition of a | ||||||
| 13 | reasonable fee for the registration. This subsection does not | ||||||
| 14 | apply to a feral cat or a feral cat caretaker who participates | ||||||
| 15 | in trap, spay and neuter, or return and release programs. | ||||||
| 16 | (Source: P.A. 83-341; 88-62.)
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| 17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 18 | becoming law.".
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