Full Text of SB1499 94th General Assembly
SB1499 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB1499
Introduced 2/23/2005, by Sen. John O. Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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510 ILCS 70/3.03 |
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Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Prohibits the docking of the tail of any member of the bovine species. Provides that "dock" means to remove any part of the animal's tail for any reason other than to amputate part of the tail due to an incurable injury or illness to the tail that threatens the animal's well-being, but does not include trimming the hair at the end of the tail. Provides that bovine tail docking is punishable in the same manner as animal torture.
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| AN ACT concerning animals.
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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 Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 3.03 and by adding Section 3.03-2 as follows:
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| (510 ILCS 70/3.03)
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| Sec. 3.03. Animal torture.
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| (a) A person commits animal torture when that person | 9 |
| without legal
justification knowingly or intentionally | 10 |
| tortures an animal. For purposes of
this Section, and subject | 11 |
| to subsection (b), "torture" means infliction of or
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| to extreme physical pain, motivated by an intent to increase or
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| prolong the pain, suffering, or agony of the animal.
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| (b) For the purposes of this Section, "animal torture" does | 15 |
| not include
any death, harm, or injury caused to any animal by | 16 |
| any of the following
activities:
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| (1) any hunting, fishing, trapping, or other activity | 18 |
| allowed under the
Wildlife Code, the Wildlife Habitat | 19 |
| Management Areas Act, or the Fish and
Aquatic Life Code;
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| (2) any alteration or destruction of any animal done by | 21 |
| any person or unit
of government pursuant to statute, | 22 |
| ordinance, court order, or the direction of
a licensed | 23 |
| veterinarian;
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| (3) any alteration or destruction of any animal by any | 25 |
| person for any
legitimate purpose, including, but not | 26 |
| limited to: castration, culling,
declawing, defanging, ear | 27 |
| cropping, euthanasia, gelding, grooming, neutering,
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| polling, shearing, shoeing, slaughtering, spaying, tail | 29 |
| docking (except bovine tail docking as provided under | 30 |
| Section 3.03-2) , and
vivisection; and
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| (4) any other activity that may be lawfully done to an | 32 |
| animal.
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| (c) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | 2 |
| of a Class 3
felony. As a condition of the sentence imposed | 3 |
| under this Section, the court
shall order the offender to | 4 |
| undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation
and to | 5 |
| undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate | 6 |
| after due
consideration of the evaluation.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-351, eff. 7-29-99; 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)
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| (510 ILCS 70/3.03-2 new) | 9 |
| Sec. 3.03-2. Bovine tail docking. Notwithstanding any | 10 |
| provision of law to the contrary, no person shall dock the tail | 11 |
| of any member of the bovine species or hire any person to | 12 |
| perform such an operation. For purposes of this Section, "dock" | 13 |
| means to remove any part of the animal's tail for any reason | 14 |
| other than to amputate part of the tail due to an incurable | 15 |
| injury or illness to the tail that threatens the animal's | 16 |
| well-being, but does not include trimming the hair at the end | 17 |
| of the tail. Any person who violates this Section shall be | 18 |
| considered to have committed animal torture and shall be | 19 |
| subject to the sanctions provided for animal torture under | 20 |
| Section 3.03.
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