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91_HB0411
LRB9102270DHpk
1 AN ACT to amend the Animal Control Act by changing
2 Section 8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
6 Section 8 as follows:
7 (510 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 8, par. 358)
8 Sec. 8. Every owner of a dog 4 months or more of age not
9 confined at all times to an enclosed area, shall cause the
10 such dog to be inoculated against rabies by a licensed
11 veterinarian at whatever such intervals as may hereafter be
12 established by regulations pursuant to this Act. Evidence of
13 such rabies inoculation shall be entered on a certificate the
14 form of which shall be approved by the Board and which shall
15 be signed by the licensed veterinarian administering the
16 vaccine. The Board shall cause a rabies inoculation tag to be
17 issued, at a fee established by the Board for each dog
18 inoculated against rabies.
19 Rabies vaccine for use on animals shall be sold or
20 distributed only to and used only by licensed veterinarians.
21 Such Rabies vaccine shall be licensed by the United States
22 Department of Agriculture and approved by the Department.
23 (Source: P.A. 78-1166.)