Full Text of HB4380 100th General Assembly
HB4380 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4380 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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510 ILCS 70/3.01 | from Ch. 8, par. 703.01 |
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Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may expose the dog or cat in a manner that places the dog or cat in a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in extreme heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or above or cold conditions of 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below that could: (1) result in injury to or death of the animal; or (2) result in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary medicine.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning animals.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3.01 as follows:
| 6 | | (510 ILCS 70/3.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 703.01)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.01. Cruel treatment. | 8 | | (a) No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat,
torment, | 9 | | starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.
| 10 | | (b) No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a | 11 | | public charge or
may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.
| 12 | | (c) No owner of a dog or cat that is a companion animal may | 13 | | expose the dog or cat in a manner that places the dog or cat in | 14 | | a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in | 15 | | extreme heat of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or above or cold | 16 | | conditions of 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below that could : | 17 | | (1) result results in injury to or death of the animal; | 18 | | or | 19 | | (2) result results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, | 20 | | frostbite, or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of | 21 | | veterinary medicine. | 22 | | (c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from | 23 | | being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b) |
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| 1 | | of Section 12 of this Act. | 2 | | (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | 3 | | of a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for | 4 | | a violation of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. In addition to | 5 | | any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of | 6 | | violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the | 7 | | presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the | 8 | | Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and | 9 | | ordered to perform community service for not less than 100 | 10 | | hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon
| 11 | | conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the | 12 | | convicted person
to undergo a psychological or psychiatric | 13 | | evaluation and to undergo any
treatment at the convicted | 14 | | person's expense that the court determines to be
appropriate | 15 | | after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted | 16 | | person
is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court | 17 | | must order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or | 18 | | psychiatric evaluation and to undergo
treatment that the court | 19 | | determines to be appropriate after due consideration
of the | 20 | | evaluation.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, | 22 | | eff. 7-28-16; 99-782, eff. 8-12-16.)
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