HB5788 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5788

Introduced 3/21/2024, by Rep. John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 1205/8-60 new

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a park district police officer, code enforcement officer, or any official or employee of a park district with the authority to issue citations may not ticket an individual or group or arrest an individual for setting live traps to capture animals with the intention of rescuing those animals. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding Section 8-60 as follows:

(70 ILCS 1205/8-60 new)

Sec. 8-60. Rescue trapping. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a park district police officer, code enforcement officer, or any official or employee of a park district with the authority to issue citations may not ticket an individual or group or arrest an individual for setting live traps to capture animals with the intention of rescuing those animals.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.