Sen. Linda Holmes
Filed: 3/22/2021
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1673
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1673 on page 1, | ||||||
| 3 | line 4, after "by", by inserting "changing Sections 2.11c, | ||||||
| 4 | 3.5, and 9, and by"; and
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| 5 | on page 1, by inserting immediately below line 5 the | ||||||
| 6 | following: | ||||||
| 7 | "(510 ILCS 5/2.11c)
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| 8 | Sec. 2.11c. Intact animal. "Intact animal" means an animal | ||||||
| 9 | that has not been sterilized spayed or neutered.
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| 10 | (Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.) | ||||||
| 11 | (510 ILCS 5/3.5) | ||||||
| 12 | Sec. 3.5. County animal population fund use limitation. | ||||||
| 13 | Funds placed in the county animal population control fund may | ||||||
| 14 | only be used to (1) spay, neuter, vaccinate, or sterilize | ||||||
| 15 | adopted dogs or cats; (2) sterilize spay, neuter, or vaccinate | ||||||
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| 1 | dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who are | ||||||
| 2 | eligible for the Food Stamp Program or Social Security | ||||||
| 3 | Disability Benefits Program; or (3) sterilize spay, neuter, | ||||||
| 4 | and vaccinate feral cats in programs recognized by the county | ||||||
| 5 | or a municipality. This Section does not apply to a county with | ||||||
| 6 | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 100-405, eff. 1-1-18; 100-870, eff. 1-1-19.)"; | ||||||
| 8 | and | ||||||
| 9 | on page 1, by replacing line 7 through line 12 with the | ||||||
| 10 | following: | ||||||
| 11 | "Sec. 3.6. Feral cat jurisdiction and sterilization. The | ||||||
| 12 | Department and no other State agency has any jurisdiction over | ||||||
| 13 | feral cats, except that the Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
| 14 | has jurisdiction over cats in State Parks."; and | ||||||
| 15 | on page 1, by inserting below line 12 the following:
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| 16 | "(510 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 8, par. 359)
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| 17 | Sec. 9. Any dog found running at large contrary to | ||||||
| 18 | provisions of this Act
may
be apprehended and impounded. For | ||||||
| 19 | this purpose, the Administrator shall
utilize any existing or | ||||||
| 20 | available animal control facility or licensed animal shelter. | ||||||
| 21 | The dog's owner shall pay a $25 public safety fine to be | ||||||
| 22 | deposited into the county animal control fund or the county | ||||||
| 23 | pet population control fund. Funds transferred to or retained | ||||||
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| 1 | by a municipality before the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 2 | Act of the 100th General Assembly under this paragraph shall | ||||||
| 3 | continue to be transferred to and be retained by that | ||||||
| 4 | municipality. A dog found running at large contrary to the | ||||||
| 5 | provisions of this Act a second or subsequent time must be | ||||||
| 6 | sterilized spayed or neutered within 30 days after being | ||||||
| 7 | reclaimed unless already sterilized spayed or neutered; | ||||||
| 8 | failure to comply shall result in impoundment.
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| 9 | A dog that is actively engaged in a legal hunting | ||||||
| 10 | activity, including training, is not considered to be running | ||||||
| 11 | at large if the dog is on land that is open to hunting or on | ||||||
| 12 | land on which the person has obtained permission to hunt or to | ||||||
| 13 | train a dog. A dog that is in a dog-friendly area or dog park | ||||||
| 14 | is not considered to be running at large if the dog is | ||||||
| 15 | monitored or supervised by a person.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 100-787, eff. 8-10-18.)".
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