Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

Filed: 3/6/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1424

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1424 as follows:
 
3 on page 13, by replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following:
4     "on an emergency call-out or volunteer basis and does not
5     receive any compensation or remuneration for such
6     services."; and
 
7 on page 17, line 25, after "application", by inserting the
8 following:
9 "to the Department on or after January 7, 2008, but before
10 January 11, 2008"; and
 
11 on page 20, line 13, after "application", by inserting the
12 following:
13 "to the Department on or after January 7, 2008, but before
14 January 11, 2008"; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 21, line 7, after the period, by inserting the
2 following:
3 "An agency may subcontract out its canine odor detection
4 services to another licensed agency or may use the employees of
5 another licensed agency as subcontractors, provided that all
6 employees who provide canine odor detection services in either
7 arrangement are properly registered under this Act and are
8 otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Section.
9 It is the responsibility of each agency participating in a
10 subcontracting arrangement to ensure compliance with all
11 employees so utilized."; and
 
12 on page 21, line 8, by replacing "employer" with "agency"; and
 
13 on page 21, line 25, after "name", by inserting "and breed";
14 and
 
15 on page 22, immediately below line 6, by inserting the
16 following:
17     "(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
18 an agency may employ a person in a temporary capacity as a
19 canine handler if each of the following conditions are met:
20         (1) The agency completes in its entirety and submits to
21     the Department an application for a canine handler
22     registration card, including the required fees.
23         (2) The agency exercises due diligence to ensure that

 

 

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1     the person is qualified under the requirements of the Act
2     to be issued a canine handler registration card."; and
 
3 by replacing line 7 on page 22 through line 10 on page 23 with
4 the following:
 
5     "(225 ILCS 447/35-42 new)
6     Sec. 35-42. Canine handler authorization; training
7 requirements. The Department shall, pursuant to rule, approve
8 or disapprove training programs for the canine handler training
9 course, which shall be taught by a qualified instructor.
10 Qualifications for instructors shall be set by rule. The canine
11 handler training course must be conducted by a licensee under
12 this Act and approved by the Department. A canine handler
13 course must consist of each of the following minimum
14 requirements:
15         (1) One hundred hours of basic training, which shall
16     include the following subjects:
17             (A) canine handling safety procedures;
18             (B) basic veterinary health and wellness
19         principles, including canine first aid;
20             (C) principles of canine conditioning;
21             (D) canine obedience techniques;
22             (E) search patterns and techniques; and
23             (F) legal guidelines affecting canine odor
24         detection operations.

 

 

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1         (2) Eighty hours of additional training related to the
2     particular canine discipline in which the canine and canine
3     handler are to be trained, including without limitation
4     patrol, narcotics odor detection, explosives odor
5     detection, and cadaver odor detection.
6         (3) An examination given at the completion of the
7     course, which shall consist of a canine practical
8     qualification course and a written examination. Successful
9     completion of the examination shall be determined by the
10     canine training facility."; and
 
11 on page 24, line 14, after the period, by inserting the
12 following:
13 "Any person who has been engaged in the provision of canine
14 trainer services since January 1, 2005, shall be granted a
15 canine trainer authorization card upon the submission of a
16 completed application, the payment of applicable fees, and the
17 satisfactory demonstration to the Department of evidence of the
18 provision of such services.".