HB3685eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3685 Engrossed LRB096 11607 JDS 22130 b

AN ACT concerning animals.

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

Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing Section 18.1 as follows:

(510 ILCS 5/18.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 368.1)

Sec. 18.1.

(a) The owner or keeper of a dog is liable to a person for all damages caused by the dog pursuing, chasing, worrying, wounding, injuring, or killing any sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, poultry, ratites, or swine, or companion animals belonging to that person.

(b) The dog's owner or keeper may raise as an affirmative defense to a violation of subsection (a) of this Section any of the following:

(1) The negligence of the person who owns or is responsible for the injured animal.

(2) The provocation of the dog by the injured animal.

(Source: P.A. 88-600, eff. 9-1-94.)

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