Full Text of SB1840 97th General Assembly
SB1840sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Linda Holmes Filed: 3/10/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1840
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1840 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 26 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 405/26 new) | 7 | | Sec. 26. Helping Hand Pet Owners Care Fund. The State | 8 | | Comptroller may establish and administer a Comptroller's | 9 | | Helping Hand Pet Owners Care Fund. The purpose of the Fund is | 10 | | to refund certain costs to qualified veterinarians who perform | 11 | | spay and neuter procedures on dogs and cats brought in by | 12 | | low-income residents. Such low-income participants shall be | 13 | | limited to those whose eligible income shall be no more than | 14 | | 150% of the poverty level as defined by the Federal Poverty | 15 | | Guidelines (FPL). | 16 | | The Comptroller shall reimburse qualified veterinarians |
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| 1 | | for 50% of the cost of such procedure, up to $50 per procedure. | 2 | | The Comptroller shall adopt such rules and regulations as he or | 3 | | she deems necessary for the efficient administration and | 4 | | operation of the Helping Hand Pet Owners Care Fund and shall | 5 | | expend no more than 10% of funds received on administration of | 6 | | the program. The Comptroller shall conduct regular audits of | 7 | | pet shops to determine their compliance under item (e) of | 8 | | Section 3.15 of the Animal Welfare Act. | 9 | | The Comptroller, in administering the Helping Hand Pet | 10 | | Owners Care Fund, may receive such funds paid into it according | 11 | | to the Animal Welfare Act. | 12 | | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 13 | | Section 5.786 as follows: | 14 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new) | 15 | | Sec. 5.786. The Helping Hand Pet Owners Care Fund. | 16 | | Section 15. The Animal Welfare Act is amended by changing | 17 | | Section 3.15 as follows: | 18 | | (225 ILCS 605/3.15) | 19 | | Sec. 3.15. Disclosures for dogs and cats being sold by pet | 20 | | shops. | 21 | | (a) Prior to the time of sale, every pet shop operator | 22 | | must, to the best of his or her knowledge, provide to the |
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| 1 | | consumer the following information on any dog or cat being | 2 | | offered for sale: | 3 | | (1) The retail price of the dog or cat, including any | 4 | | additional fees or charges. | 5 | | (2) The breed, age, date of birth, sex, and color of | 6 | | the dog or cat. | 7 | | (3) The details of any inoculation or medical treatment | 8 | | that the dog or cat received while under the possession of | 9 | | the pet shop operator. | 10 | | (4) The name and business address of both the dog or | 11 | | cat breeder and the facility where the dog or cat was born. | 12 | | If the dog or cat breeder is located in the State, then the | 13 | | breeder's license number. If the dog or cat breeder also | 14 | | holds a license issued by the United States Department of | 15 | | Agriculture, the breeder's federal identification number. | 16 | | (5) Any known congenital or hereditary diseases of the | 17 | | parents of the dog or cat, or the parents' other offspring. | 18 | | (6) If eligible for registration with a pedigree | 19 | | registry, then the name and registration numbers of the | 20 | | sire and dam and the address of the pedigree registry where | 21 | | the sire and dam are registered. | 22 | | (7) If the dog or cat was returned by a customer, then | 23 | | the date and reason for the return. | 24 | | (8) The following written statement: "A copy of our | 25 | | policy regarding warranties, refunds, or returns is | 26 | | available upon request.". |
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| 1 | | (9) The pet shop operator's license number issued by | 2 | | the Illinois Department of Agriculture. | 3 | | (b) The information required in subsection (a) shall be | 4 | | provided to the customer in written form by the pet shop | 5 | | operator and shall have an acknowledgement of disclosures form, | 6 | | which must be signed by the customer and the pet shop operator | 7 | | at the time of sale. The acknowledgement of disclosures form | 8 | | shall include the following: | 9 | | (1) A blank space for the dated signature and printed | 10 | | name of the pet shop operator, which shall be immediately | 11 | | beneath the following statement: "I hereby attest that all | 12 | | of the above information is true and correct to the best of | 13 | | my knowledge.". | 14 | | (2) A blank space for the customer to sign and print | 15 | | his or her name and the date, which shall be immediately | 16 | | beneath the following statement: "I hereby attest that this | 17 | | disclosure was posted on or near the cage of the dog or cat | 18 | | for sale and that I have read all of the disclosures. I | 19 | | further understand that I am entitled to keep a signed copy | 20 | | of this disclosure.". | 21 | | (c) A copy of the disclosures and the signed | 22 | | acknowledgement of disclosures form shall be provided to the | 23 | | customer at the time of sale and the original copy shall be | 24 | | maintained by the pet shop operator for a period of 2 years | 25 | | from the date of sale. A copy of the pet store operator's | 26 | | policy regarding warranties, refunds, or returns shall be |
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| 1 | | provided to the customer. | 2 | | (d) A pet shop operator shall post in a conspicuous place | 3 | | in writing on or near the cage of any dog or cat available for | 4 | | sale the information required by subsection (a) of this Section | 5 | | 3.15.
| 6 | | (e) A pet shop shall collect $15 for each dog or cat sold. | 7 | | The money shall be sent quarterly to the Illinois Comptroller | 8 | | and be deposited in the Helping Hand Pet Owners Care Fund. The | 9 | | Comptroller shall distribute the proceeds of this fee to | 10 | | qualified veterinarians who perform spay and neuter procedures | 11 | | on dogs and cats brought in by low-income residents. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1470, eff. 1-1-11.)".
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