Full Text of SB0641 100th General Assembly
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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 Animal Control Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 3 and by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
| 6 | | (510 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 353)
| 7 | | Sec. 3. The County Board Chairman
with the consent of the | 8 | | County Board
shall appoint an Administrator. Appointments | 9 | | shall be made as
necessary to keep this position filled at all | 10 | | times. The Administrator
may appoint as many Deputy | 11 | | Administrators and Animal Control Wardens to
aid him or her as | 12 | | authorized by the Board. The compensation for the
| 13 | | Administrator, Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control | 14 | | Wardens shall
be fixed by the Board. The Administrator may be | 15 | | removed from office by
the County Board Chairman, with the | 16 | | consent of the County Board.
| 17 | | The Board shall provide necessary personnel, training, | 18 | | equipment,
supplies, and
facilities, and shall operate pounds | 19 | | or contract for their operation as
necessary to effectuate the | 20 | | program. The Board may enter into contracts
or agreements with | 21 | | persons to assist in the operation of the program and may | 22 | | establish a county animal population control program.
| 23 | | The Board shall be empowered to utilize monies from their |
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Corporate Fund to effectuate the intent of this Act.
| 2 | | The Board is authorized by ordinance to require the | 3 | | registration and
may require microchipping of
dogs and cats.
| 4 | | The Board shall
impose an individual dog or cat registration | 5 | | fee with a minimum differential of $10 for intact dogs or cats. | 6 | | Ten dollars of the differential shall be placed either in a | 7 | | county animal population control fund or in the State's Pet | 8 | | Population Control Fund. If the money is placed in the county | 9 | | animal population control fund it shall be used to (i) spay, | 10 | | neuter, or sterilize adopted dogs or cats or (ii) spay or | 11 | | neuter dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who | 12 | | are eligible for the Food Stamp Program. All persons
selling | 13 | | dogs or cats or keeping registries of dogs or cats shall
| 14 | | cooperate and
provide
information
to the Administrator as | 15 | | required by Board ordinance, including sales,
number of | 16 | | litters, and
ownership
of dogs and cats. If microchips are | 17 | | required, the microchip number may
serve as the county animal
| 18 | | control registration number.
| 19 | | In obtaining information required to implement this Act, | 20 | | the Department
shall have power to subpoena and bring before it | 21 | | any person in this State
and to take testimony either orally or | 22 | | by deposition, or both, with the
same fees and mileage and in | 23 | | the same manner as prescribed by law for civil
cases in courts | 24 | | of this State.
| 25 | | The Director shall have power to
administer
oaths to | 26 | | witnesses at any hearing which the Department is authorized by
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| 1 | | law to conduct, and any other oaths required or authorized in | 2 | | any Act
administered
by the Department.
| 3 | | This Section does not apply to feral cats.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
| 5 | | (510 ILCS 5/3.5 new) | 6 | | Sec. 3.5. County animal population fund use limitation. | 7 | | Funds from the $10 set aside of the differential under Section | 8 | | 3 of this Act that is placed in the county animal population | 9 | | control fund may only be used to (1) spay, neuter, vaccinate, | 10 | | or sterilize adopted dogs or cats; (2) spay, neuter, or | 11 | | vaccinate dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who | 12 | | are eligible for the Food Stamp Program or Social Security | 13 | | Disability Benefits Program; or (3) spay, neuter, and vaccinate | 14 | | feral cats in programs recognized by the county or a | 15 | | municipality. This Section does not apply to a county with | 16 | | 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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