Full Text of HB3440 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning service dogs.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 14-6.02 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-6.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-6.02)
| 7 | | Sec. 14-6.02. Service animals. Service animals such as | 8 | | guide dogs,
signal dogs or any other animal individually | 9 | | trained to perform tasks for
the benefit of a student with a | 10 | | disability shall be permitted to accompany
that student at all | 11 | | school functions, whether in or outside the classroom. For | 12 | | purposes of this Section, "service animal" includes, but is not | 13 | | limited to an animal trained or is being trained as: a hearing | 14 | | animal; a guide animal; an assistance animal; a seizure alert | 15 | | animal; a mobility animal; a psychiatric service animal; or an | 16 | | autism service animal.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 87-228.)
| 18 | | Section 10. The Guide Dog Access Act is amended by changing | 19 | | the title of the Act and Sections 0.01 and 1 as follows:
| 20 | | (720 ILCS 630/Act title)
| 21 | | An Act in relation to a blind person
accompanied by service |
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| 1 | | guide dog in place of public accommodation.
| 2 | | (720 ILCS 630/0.01) (from Ch. 38, par. 65)
| 3 | | Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
| 4 | | Service Guide Dog Access Act.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 630/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 65-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 1.
When a blind, hearing impaired , or physically | 8 | | handicapped
person , mobility impaired person, a person with a | 9 | | psychiatric condition, or a person who is subject to epilepsy | 10 | | or other seizure disorders , or a person diagnosed with an | 11 | | autism spectrum disorder is
accompanied by a dog which serves | 12 | | as a guide, leader, seizure-alert, or
seizure-response , | 13 | | mobility animal, a psychiatric service animal, or autism | 14 | | service dog for such person or when a trainer of a guide, | 15 | | leader,
seizure-alert, or seizure-response , mobility animal; a | 16 | | psychiatric service animal, or autism service dog is | 17 | | accompanied by a guide, leader,
seizure-alert, or | 18 | | seizure-response dog , mobility animal, psychiatric service, or | 19 | | autism service dog or a dog that is being trained to be a
| 20 | | guide, leader, seizure-alert, or seizure-response dog, | 21 | | mobility, psychiatric service, or autism service dog, neither | 22 | | the person nor
the dog shall be denied the right of entry and | 23 | | use of facilities of any public
place of accommodation as | 24 | | defined in Section 5-101 of the "Illinois Human
Rights Act", if |
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| 1 | | such dog is wearing a harness , backpack, or vest identifying | 2 | | the dog as a trained service dog and such person presents
| 3 | | credentials for inspection issued by a school for training | 4 | | guide, leader,
seizure-alert, or seizure-response , or autism | 5 | | service dogs.
| 6 | | Any violation of this Act is a Class C misdemeanor.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 92-187, eff. 1-1-02; 93-532, eff. 1-1-04.)
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