Rep. Christine Winger
Filed: 3/31/2016
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5006




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5006 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 18.5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 605/18.5 new)
7    Sec. 18.5. Prohibition of the sale, trade, or exchange of 
8cats or dogs at flea markets. No person, whether licensed under 
9this Act or not, shall sell, trade, or exchange cats or dogs at 
10flea markets.
11    For the purposes of this Section, "flea market" means any 
12location, other than a permanent retail store, at which space 
13is rented or otherwise made available to others for the conduct 
14of business as a transient merchant or an itinerant vendor, as 
15defined in the Transient Merchant Act of 1987. "Flea market" 
16does not include:
 
 
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1        (1) an event held by a 4-H Club, Junior Farmers Club, 
2    or Future Farmers of America Club;
3        (2) the Illinois State Fair, the DuQuoin State Fair, an 
4    agricultural association fair, or a county fair;
5        (3) a stockyard with respect to which the Secretary of 
6    the United States Department of Agriculture has posted 
7    notice that the stockyard is regulated by the federal 
8    Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); 
9    or
10        (4) an animal control agency or shelter, society for 
11    the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane 
12    society shelter, or rescue group.
13    For the purposes of this Section, "rescue group" means a 
14not-for-profit entity whose primary purpose is the placement of 
15dogs, cats, or other animals that have been removed from an 
16animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of 
17cruelty to animals shelter, or humane society shelter, or that 
18have been surrendered or relinquished to the entity by the 
19previous owner.
 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.".