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510 ILCS 70/7.15

(510 ILCS 70/7.15)

Sec. 7.15. Guide, hearing, and support dogs.

(a) A person may not willfully and maliciously annoy, taunt, tease, harass,
torment, beat, or strike a guide, hearing, or support dog or otherwise engage
in any conduct directed toward a guide, hearing, or support dog that is likely
to impede or interfere with the dog's performance of its duties or that places
the blind, hearing impaired, or person with a physical disability being served or
assisted by the dog in danger of injury.

(b) A person may not willfully and maliciously torture, injure, or kill a
guide, hearing, or support dog.

(c) A person may not willfully and maliciously permit a dog that is owned,
harbored, or controlled by the person to cause injury to or the death of a
guide, hearing, or support dog while the guide, hearing, or support dog is in
discharge of its duties.

(d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.  A person
convicted of violating subsection (b) or (c) of this Section is guilty of a
Class 4 felony if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered
by the court to make restitution to the person with a disability having custody or
ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the dog.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)