Full Text of HB1533 103rd General Assembly
HB1533eng 103RD 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 Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 3.10 as follows: | 6 | | (510 ILCS 70/3.10 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3.10. Cat declawing. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 9 | | "Declawing" means an onychectomy or any other surgical | 10 | | procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in | 11 | | order to remove the cat's claws. This term does not include the | 12 | | trimming of nonviable claw husk or placing nonpermanent nail | 13 | | caps. | 14 | | "Tendonectomy" means a procedure in which the tendons to a | 15 | | cat's limbs, paws, or toes are cut or modified so that the | 16 | | normal functioning of the claws is impaired. | 17 | | "Therapeutic purpose" means a medically necessary | 18 | | procedure to address an existing or recurring infection, | 19 | | disease, injury, or abnormal condition in the claws, nail bed, | 20 | | or toe bone, which jeopardizes the cat's health. "Therapeutic | 21 | | purpose" does not include a procedure performed for a cosmetic | 22 | | or aesthetic purpose or to make the cat more convenient to keep | 23 | | or handle. |
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| 1 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a | 2 | | person shall not perform surgical claw removal, declawing, or | 3 | | a tendonectomy on any cat or otherwise alter a cat's toes, | 4 | | claws, or paws to prevent or impair the normal function of the | 5 | | cat's toes, claws, or paws. | 6 | | (c) Surgical claw removal, declawing, or a tendonectomy on | 7 | | any cat or otherwise altering a cat's toes, claws, or paws to | 8 | | prevent or impair the normal function of the cat's toes, | 9 | | claws, or paws may only be performed by a veterinarian | 10 | | licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice | 11 | | Act of 2004 for therapeutic purposes for the cat. | 12 | | (d) The Department of Agriculture shall impose upon a | 13 | | person who violates this Section a civil penalty of $500 for a | 14 | | first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $2,500 for | 15 | | a third or subsequent violation.
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 90 days | 17 | | after becoming law. |
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