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1    AN ACT concerning animals.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended  by changing 
5Sections 2.11c, 3.5, and 9 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 5/2.11c)

7    Sec. 2.11c. Intact animal. "Intact animal" means an animal 
8that has not been sterilized spayed or  neutered.

9(Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
10    (510 ILCS 5/3.5)
11    Sec. 3.5. County animal population fund use limitation. 
12Funds placed in the county animal population control fund may 
13only be used to (1) spay, neuter, vaccinate, or sterilize 
14adopted dogs or cats; (2)  sterilize spay, neuter, or vaccinate 
15dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who are 
16eligible for the Food Stamp Program or Social Security 
17Disability Benefits Program; or (3) sterilize spay, neuter, 
18and vaccinate feral cats in programs recognized by the county 
19or a municipality. This Section does not apply to a county with 
203,000,000 or more inhabitants.

21(Source: P.A. 100-405, eff. 1-1-18; 100-870, eff. 1-1-19.)
 


 
 
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1    (510 ILCS 5/9)  (from Ch. 8, par. 359)


2    Sec. 9. Any dog found running at large contrary to 
3provisions of this Act
may
be apprehended and impounded. For 
4this purpose, the Administrator shall
utilize any existing or 
5available animal control facility or licensed animal shelter. 
6The dog's owner shall pay a $25 public safety fine to be 
7deposited into the county animal control fund or the county 
8pet population control fund. Funds transferred to or retained 
9by a municipality before the effective date of this amendatory 
10Act of the 100th General Assembly under this paragraph shall 
11continue to be transferred to and be retained by that 
12municipality. A dog found running at large contrary to the 
13provisions of this Act a second or subsequent time must be 
14sterilized spayed or neutered within 30 days after being 
15reclaimed unless already sterilized spayed or neutered; 
16failure to comply shall result in impoundment.

17    A dog that is actively engaged in a legal hunting 
18activity, including training, is not considered to be running 
19at large if the dog is on land that is open to hunting or on 
20land on which the person has obtained permission to hunt or to 
21train a dog.  A dog that is in a dog-friendly area or dog park 
22is not considered to be running at large if the dog is 
23monitored or supervised by a person.

24(Source: P.A. 100-787, eff. 8-10-18.)