94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1659

 

Introduced 2/24/2005, by Sen. Gary G. Dahl

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 5/2.19a

    Amends the Animal Control Act. In the definition of "serious physical injury", includes injury or death to an animal as well as a person. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning animals, which may be referred to as
2 Marty's Law.
 
3     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
 
5     Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
6 Section 2.19a as follows:
 
7     (510 ILCS 5/2.19a)
8     Sec. 2.19a. "Serious physical injury" means a physical
9 injury to a person or an animal that creates a substantial risk
10 of death or that causes death, serious or protracted
11 disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, impairment of
12 the function of any bodily organ, or plastic surgery.
13 (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.