HB5228 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5228

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/30-110

Amends the Township Code. Provides that the electors of a township may prohibit the running at large of dogs and cats. Further provides that the electors may also authorize the requirement that dogs and cats be registered with the township and the imposition of a reasonable fee for the registration. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 Township Code is amended by changing Section 30-110 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/30-110)

Sec. 30-110. Impounding and sale of animals.

(a) The electors may authorize the distraining, impounding, and sale of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep, and goats for penalties incurred and the costs of the proceeding. The sale of animals distrained or impounded shall be conducted, as near as may be practicable, according to the law regulating sales of property by sheriffs for the satisfaction of a judgment of the circuit court. The owner of the animals may redeem them from the purchaser at any time within 3 months from the date of the sale by paying the amount of the purchaser's bid, with reasonable costs for their keeping and interest upon the amount bid at the rate of 10% per annum.

(b) The electors may also prohibit the running at large of dogs and cats and authorize the impounding of dogs found running at large and provide for their destruction at the end of a reasonable period of time if they are not claimed and the cost of impounding paid.

(c) The electors may authorize the requirement that dogs and cats be registered with the township. The electors may also authorize the imposition of a reasonable fee for the registration.

(Source: P.A. 83-341; 88-62.)

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