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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4297
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4297 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Research Dogs and Cats Adoption Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
7 | "Animal rescue organization" means any nonprofit | ||||||
8 | organization incorporated for the purpose of rescuing animals | ||||||
9 | in need and finding permanent, adoptive homes for the animals. | ||||||
10 | "Research facility" means an institution of higher | ||||||
11 | education or corporation located in this State that receives | ||||||
12 | public funds, federal or State, for scientific, educational, or | ||||||
13 | research purposes or a facility that provides research in | ||||||
14 | collaboration with an institution of higher education with the | ||||||
15 | use of public funds. |
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1 | Section 10. Research dogs and cats adoption requirement. | ||||||
2 | (a) A research facility that confines dogs or cats for | ||||||
3 | scientific, educational, or research purposes and plans on | ||||||
4 | euthanizing the dog or cat for other than scientific, | ||||||
5 | educational, or research purposes must first offer the dog or | ||||||
6 | cat to an animal rescue organization. | ||||||
7 | (b) A research facility that is required to offer dogs or | ||||||
8 | cats to an animal rescue organization under this Section may | ||||||
9 | enter into an agreement with the animal rescue organization to | ||||||
10 | protect the research facility from liability. | ||||||
11 | (c) A research facility that provides a dog or cat to an | ||||||
12 | animal rescue organization under this Section is immune from | ||||||
13 | any civil liability that otherwise might result from the | ||||||
14 | research facility's actions, provided that the research | ||||||
15 | facility is acting in good faith.
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.".
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