Sen. Michael Connelly
Filed: 5/15/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3231




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3231 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3.01 as follows:
 



6    (510 ILCS 70/3.01)  (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)



7    Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. 
8    (a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat,
torment, 
9starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.

10    (b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a 
11public charge or
may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.

12    (c) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty 
13of a Class A
misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent conviction for 
14a violation of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. In addition to 
15any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of 
16violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the 
 
 
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1presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the 
2Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and 
3ordered to perform community service for not less than 100 
4hours.  In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon

5conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the 
6convicted person
to undergo a psychological or psychiatric 
7evaluation and to undergo any
treatment at the convicted 
8person's expense that the court determines to be
appropriate 
9after due consideration of the evidence.  If the convicted 
10person
is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court 
11must order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or 
12psychiatric evaluation and to undergo
treatment that the court 
13determines to be appropriate after due consideration
of the 
14evaluation.

15(Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)".