Full Text of HB4711 94th General Assembly
HB4711 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4711
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia - Michelle Chavez - Charles E. Jefferson - Maria Antonia Berrios SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to dog fighting. Increases the penalty for attending a dog fight from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that if a person under 13 years of age is present at any dog fight, the parent, legal guardian, or other person who is 18 years of age or older who brings that person under 13 years of age to that dog fight is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a first violation and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent violation. Increases various other penalties by one class for promoting, conducting, or advertising a dog fight or for selling a dog to be used in a dog fight. Provides that it is prima facie evidence of a violation of these provisions that the offender possessed any treadmill wheel, hot walker, or other paraphernalia, together with evidence that the paraphernalia is being used or intended for use in the unlawful training of a dog to fight with another dog, along with the possession of any such dog. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall obtain evidence of a violation of these provisions as the agency deems appropriate through videotape, written police reports, or observation of activities occurring on the property or at the residence of an offender and shall use this evidence to train peace officers in recognizing violations.
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 26-5 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/26-5)
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| Sec. 26-5. Dog fighting. (For other provisions that may | 8 |
| apply to dog
fighting, see the Humane Care for Animals Act. For | 9 |
| provisions similar to this
Section that apply to animals other | 10 |
| than dogs, see in particular Section 4.01
of the Humane Care | 11 |
| for Animals Act.)
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| (a) No person may own, capture, breed, train, or lease any
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| dog which he or she knows is intended for use in any
show, | 14 |
| exhibition, program, or other activity featuring or otherwise
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| involving a fight between the dog and any other animal or | 16 |
| human, or the
intentional killing of any dog for the purpose of | 17 |
| sport, wagering, or
entertainment.
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| (b) No person may promote, conduct, carry on, advertise,
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| collect money for or in any other manner assist or aid in the
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| presentation for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment | 21 |
| of
any show, exhibition, program, or other activity involving
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| fight between 2 or more dogs or any dog and human,
or the | 23 |
| intentional killing of any dog.
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| (c) No person may sell or offer for sale, ship, transport,
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| or otherwise move, or deliver or receive any dog which he or | 26 |
| she
knows has been captured, bred, or trained, or will be used,
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| to fight another dog or human or be intentionally killed for
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| purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment.
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| (c-5) No person may solicit a minor to violate this | 30 |
| Section.
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| (d) No person may manufacture for sale, shipment, | 32 |
| transportation,
or delivery any device or equipment which he or |
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| she knows or should know
is intended for use in any show, | 2 |
| exhibition, program, or other activity
featuring or otherwise | 3 |
| involving a fight between 2 or more dogs, or any
human and dog, | 4 |
| or the intentional killing of any dog for purposes of
sport, | 5 |
| wagering, or entertainment.
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| (e) No person may own, possess, sell or offer for sale, | 7 |
| ship,
transport, or otherwise move any equipment or device | 8 |
| which he or she
knows or should know is intended for use in | 9 |
| connection with any show,
exhibition, program, or activity | 10 |
| featuring or otherwise involving a fight
between 2 or more | 11 |
| dogs, or any dog and human, or the intentional
killing of any | 12 |
| dog for purposes of sport, wagering or entertainment.
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| (f) No person may knowingly make available any site, | 14 |
| structure, or
facility, whether enclosed or not, that he or she | 15 |
| knows is intended to be
used for the purpose of conducting any | 16 |
| show, exhibition, program, or other
activity involving a fight | 17 |
| between 2 or more dogs, or any dog and human, or the
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| intentional killing of any dog or knowingly manufacture, | 19 |
| distribute, or
deliver fittings to be used in a fight between 2 | 20 |
| or more dogs or a dog and
human.
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| (g) No person may attend or otherwise patronize any show, | 22 |
| exhibition,
program, or other activity featuring or otherwise | 23 |
| involving a fight between
2 or more dogs, or any dog and human, | 24 |
| or the intentional killing of
any dog for purposes of sport, | 25 |
| wagering, or entertainment.
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| (h) No person may tie or attach or fasten any live animal | 27 |
| to any
machine or device propelled by any power for the purpose | 28 |
| of causing the
animal to be pursued by a dog or dogs. This | 29 |
| subsection (h) applies only
when the dog is intended to be used | 30 |
| in a dog fight.
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| (i) Penalties for violations of this Section shall be as | 32 |
| follows:
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| (1) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a), | 34 |
| (b), or (c)
of this Section is guilty of a Class 3
4 felony | 35 |
| for a first violation and a
Class 2
3 felony for a second | 36 |
| or subsequent violation, and may be fined an
amount not to |
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| exceed $50,000.
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| (1.5) A person who knowingly owns a dog for fighting | 3 |
| purposes or for
producing a fight between 2 or more dogs or | 4 |
| a dog and human or who knowingly
offers for sale or sells a | 5 |
| dog bred for fighting is guilty of a Class 2
3 felony
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| may be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, if the dog | 7 |
| participates
in a dogfight and any of the following factors | 8 |
| is present:
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| (i) the dogfight is performed in the presence of a | 10 |
| person under 18
years of age;
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| (ii) the dogfight is performed for the purpose of | 12 |
| or in the presence
of illegal wagering activity; or
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| (iii) the dogfight is performed in furtherance of | 14 |
| streetgang related
activity as defined in Section 10 of | 15 |
| the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention | 16 |
| Act.
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| (1.7) A person convicted of violating subsection (c-5) | 18 |
| of this Section
is guilty of a Class 4 felony
A | 19 |
| misdemeanor .
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| (2) Any person convicted of violating subsection (d) or | 21 |
| (e) of this
Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony
Class A | 22 |
| misdemeanor for a first violation.
A second or subsequent | 23 |
| violation of subsection (d) or (e) of this Section
is a | 24 |
| Class 2
3 felony.
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| (2.5) Any person convicted of violating subsection (f) | 26 |
| of this Section
is guilty of a Class 3
4 felony.
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| (3) Any person convicted of violating subsection (g) of | 28 |
| this Section
is guilty of a Class A
C misdemeanor for a | 29 |
| first violation. A second or
subsequent violation of | 30 |
| subsection (g) of this Section is a Class 4 felony. If a | 31 |
| person under 13 years of age is present at any show, | 32 |
| exhibition,
program, or other activity prohibited in | 33 |
| subsection (g), the parent, legal guardian, or other person | 34 |
| who is 18 years of age or older who brings that person | 35 |
| under 13 years of age to that show, exhibition, program, or | 36 |
| other activity is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a first |
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| violation and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent | 2 |
| violation
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misdemeanor .
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| (j) Any dog or equipment involved in a violation of this | 4 |
| Section shall
be immediately seized and impounded under Section | 5 |
| 12 of the Humane Care for
Animals Act when located at any show, | 6 |
| exhibition, program, or other activity
featuring or otherwise | 7 |
| involving a dog fight for the purposes of sport,
wagering, or | 8 |
| entertainment.
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| (k) Any vehicle or conveyance other than a common carrier | 10 |
| that is used
in violation of this Section shall be seized, | 11 |
| held, and offered for sale at
public auction by the sheriff's | 12 |
| department of the proper jurisdiction, and
the proceeds from | 13 |
| the sale shall be remitted to the general fund of the
county | 14 |
| where the violation took place.
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| (l) Any veterinarian in this State who is presented with a | 16 |
| dog for treatment
of injuries or wounds resulting from fighting | 17 |
| where there is a reasonable
possibility that the dog was | 18 |
| engaged in or utilized for a fighting event for
the purposes of | 19 |
| sport, wagering, or entertainment shall file a report with the
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| Department of Agriculture and cooperate by furnishing the | 21 |
| owners' names, dates,
and descriptions of the dog or dogs | 22 |
| involved. Any veterinarian who in good
faith complies with the | 23 |
| requirements of this subsection has immunity from any
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| liability, civil, criminal, or otherwise, that may result from | 25 |
| his or her
actions. For the purposes of any proceedings, civil | 26 |
| or criminal, the good
faith of the veterinarian shall be | 27 |
| rebuttably presumed.
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| (m) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon | 29 |
| conviction for
violating this Section, the court may order that | 30 |
| the convicted person and
persons dwelling in the same household | 31 |
| as the convicted person who conspired,
aided, or abetted in the | 32 |
| unlawful act that was the basis of the conviction,
or who knew | 33 |
| or should have known of the unlawful act, may not own, harbor, | 34 |
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have custody or control of any dog or other animal for a | 35 |
| period of time that
the court deems reasonable.
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| (n) It is prima facie evidence of a violation of this |
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| Section that the offender possessed any treadmill wheel, hot | 2 |
| walker, or other paraphernalia, together with evidence that the | 3 |
| paraphernalia is being used or intended for use in the unlawful | 4 |
| training of a dog to fight with another dog, along with the | 5 |
| possession of any such dog. | 6 |
| (o) A law enforcement agency shall obtain evidence of a | 7 |
| violation of this Section as the agency deems appropriate | 8 |
| through videotape, written police reports, or observation of | 9 |
| activities occurring on the property or at the residence of an | 10 |
| offender and shall use this evidence to train peace officers in | 11 |
| recognizing violations of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-425, eff. 1-1-02; 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)
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