Full Text of HB3826 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning service dogs.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 14-6.02 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-6.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-6.02)
| 7 | | Sec. 14-6.02. Service animals. Service animals such as | 8 | | guide dogs,
signal dogs or any other animal individually | 9 | | trained to perform tasks for
the benefit of a student with a | 10 | | disability shall be permitted to accompany
that student at all | 11 | | school functions, whether in or outside the classroom. For the | 12 | | purposes of this Section, "service animal" has the same meaning | 13 | | as in Section 1 of the Service Animal Access Act.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 87-228.)
| 15 | | Section 10. The Guide Dog Access Act is amended by changing | 16 | | the title of the Act and Sections 0.01 and 1 as follows:
| 17 | | (720 ILCS 630/Act title)
| 18 | | An Act in relation to a blind person
accompanied by service | 19 | | animal guide dog in place of public accommodation.
| 20 | | (720 ILCS 630/0.01) (from Ch. 38, par. 65)
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| 1 | | Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
| 2 | | Service Animal Guide Dog Access Act.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
| 4 | | (720 ILCS 630/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 65-1)
| 5 | | Sec. 1.
When a blind, hearing impaired or physically | 6 | | handicapped
person with a physical, mental, or intellectual | 7 | | disability requiring the use of a service animal or a person | 8 | | who is subject to epilepsy or other seizure disorders is
| 9 | | accompanied by a service animal a dog which serves as a guide, | 10 | | leader, seizure-alert, or
seizure-response dog for such person | 11 | | or when a trainer of a service animal guide, leader,
| 12 | | seizure-alert, or seizure-response dog is accompanied by a | 13 | | service animal guide, leader,
seizure-alert, or | 14 | | seizure-response dog or a dog that is being trained to be a
| 15 | | guide, leader, seizure-alert, or seizure-response dog , neither | 16 | | the person nor
the service animal dog shall be denied the right | 17 | | of entry and use of facilities of any public
place of | 18 | | accommodation as defined in Section 5-101 of the " Illinois | 19 | | Human
Rights Act ", if such dog is wearing a harness and such | 20 | | person presents
credentials for inspection issued by a school | 21 | | for training guide, leader,
seizure-alert, or seizure-response | 22 | | dogs .
| 23 | | For the purposes of this Section, "service animal" means a | 24 | | dog or miniature horse trained or being trained as a hearing | 25 | | animal, a guide animal, an assistance animal, a seizure alert |
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| 1 | | animal, a mobility animal, a psychiatric service animal, an | 2 | | autism service animal, or an animal trained for any other | 3 | | physical, mental, or intellectual disability. "Service animal" | 4 | | includes a miniature horse that a public
place of accommodation | 5 | | shall make reasonable accommodation so long as the public
place | 6 | | of accommodation takes into consideration: (1) the type, size | 7 | | and weight of the miniature horse and whether the facility can | 8 | | accommodate its features; (2) whether the handler has | 9 | | sufficient control of the miniature horse; (3) whether the | 10 | | miniature horse is housebroken; and (4) whether the miniature | 11 | | horse's presence in the facility compromises legitimate safety | 12 | | requirements necessary for operation. | 13 | | Any violation of this Act is a Class C misdemeanor.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 92-187, eff. 1-1-02; 93-532, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law. |
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