Full Text of SB1903 100th General Assembly
SB1903 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB1903 Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 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 companion animal (rather than a cat or dog that is a companion animal) may expose the companion animal in a manner that places that animal in a life-threatening situation for a prolonged period of time in extreme heat or cold conditions that: (1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or (2) results 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 companion animal dog or cat in a manner that places | 14 | | that animal the dog or cat in a life-threatening situation for | 15 | | a prolonged period of time in extreme heat or cold conditions | 16 | | that: | 17 | | (1) results in injury to or death of the animal; or | 18 | | (2) results in hypothermia, hyperthermia, frostbite, | 19 | | or similar condition as diagnosed by a doctor of veterinary | 20 | | medicine. | 21 | | (c-5) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an animal from | 22 | | being impounded in an emergency situation under subsection (b) | 23 | | of Section 12 of this Act. |
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| 1 | | (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | 2 | | of a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for | 3 | | a violation of this Section
is a Class 4 felony. In addition to | 4 | | any other penalty provided by law, a person who is convicted of | 5 | | violating subsection (a) upon a companion animal in the | 6 | | presence of a child, as defined in Section 12-0.1 of the | 7 | | Criminal Code of 2012, shall be subject to a fine of $250 and | 8 | | ordered to perform community service for not less than 100 | 9 | | hours. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon
| 10 | | conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the | 11 | | convicted person
to undergo a psychological or psychiatric | 12 | | evaluation and to undergo any
treatment at the convicted | 13 | | person's expense that the court determines to be
appropriate | 14 | | after due consideration of the evidence. If the convicted | 15 | | person
is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court | 16 | | must order the convicted
person to undergo a psychological or | 17 | | psychiatric evaluation and to undergo
treatment that the court | 18 | | determines to be appropriate after due consideration
of the | 19 | | evaluation.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-311, eff. 1-1-16; 99-357, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, | 21 | | eff. 7-28-16; 99-782, eff. 8-12-16.)
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