101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3533

 

Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 605/3.8
225 ILCS 605/20.5

    Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator may not sell or offer for sale any dog or cat if the dog or cat was obtained from a dog dealer or a cattery operator. Provides that a pet shop operator who violates the provisions is subject to a fine of $500 per animal offered for sale in violation of those provisions. Effective one year after becoming law.


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended by changing
5Sections 3.8 and 20.5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 605/3.8)
7    Sec. 3.8. Sourcing of dogs and cats sold by pet shops.
8    (a) A pet shop operator may not obtain a dog or cat for
9resale or sell or offer for sale any dog or cat obtained from a
10person who is required to be licensed by the pet dealer
11regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture
12under the federal Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) if
13any of the following applies to the original breeder:
14        (1) The person is not currently licensed by the United
15    States Department of Agriculture under the federal Animal
16    Welfare Act.
17        (2) During the 2-year period before the day the dog or
18    cat is received by the pet shop, the person received a
19    direct or critical non-compliant citation on a final
20    inspection report from the United States Department of
21    Agriculture under the federal Animal Welfare Act.
22        (3) During the 2-year period before the day the dog or
23    cat is received by the pet shop, the person received 3 or

 

 

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1    more non-compliant citations on a final inspection report
2    from the United States Department of Agriculture for
3    violations relating to the health or welfare of the animal
4    and the violations were not administrative in nature.
5        (4) The person received a no-access violation on each
6    of the 3 most recent final inspection reports from the
7    United States Department of Agriculture.
8    (b) A pet shop operator is presumed to have acted in good
9faith and to have satisfied its obligation to ascertain whether
10a person meets the criteria described in subsection (a) of this
11Section if, when placing an order to obtain a dog or cat for
12sale or resale, the pet shop operator conducts a search for
13inspection reports that are readily available of the breeder on
14the Animal Care Information System online search tool
15maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture. If
16inspection reports are not readily available on the United
17States Department of Agriculture website, the pet shop operator
18must obtain the inspection reports from the person or persons
19required to meet the criteria described in subsection (a) of
20this Section.
21    (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this
22Section, a pet shop operator may obtain a dog or cat for resale
23or sell or offer for sale any dog or cat obtained from: (1) a
24person that sells dogs only he or she has produced and raised
25and who is not required to be licensed by the United States
26Department of Agriculture, (2) a publicly operated pound or a

 

 

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1private non-profit humane society or rescue, or (3) an animal
2adoption event conducted by a pound or humane society.
3    (c-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
4a pet shop operator may not sell or offer for sale any dog or
5cat if the dog or cat was obtained from a dog dealer or a
6cattery operator.
7    (d) A pet shop operator shall maintain records verifying
8its compliance with this Section for 2 years after obtaining
9the dog or cat to be sold or offered for sale. Records
10maintained pursuant to this subsection (d) shall be open to
11inspection on request by a Department of Agriculture inspector.
12(Source: P.A. 100-322, eff. 8-24-17.)
 
13    (225 ILCS 605/20.5)
14    Sec. 20.5. Administrative fines.
15    (a) The following administrative fines shall be imposed by
16the Department upon any person or entity who violates any
17provision of this Act or any rule adopted by the Department
18under this Act:
19        (1) For the first violation, a fine of $500.
20        (2) For a second violation that occurs within 3 years
21    after the first violation, a fine of $1,000.
22        (3) For a third violation that occurs within 3 years
23    after the first violation, mandatory probationary status
24    and a fine of $2,500.
25    (b) A pet shop operator who violates subsection (c-5) of

 

 

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1Section 3.8 is subject to a fine of $500 per animal offered for
2sale in violation of that subsection.
3(Source: P.A. 98-855, eff. 8-4-14.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect one year
5after becoming law.