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| Public Act 102-0329 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning animals.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing | ||||
Sections 2.11c, 3.5, and 9 as follows: | ||||
(510 ILCS 5/2.11c)
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Sec. 2.11c. Intact animal. "Intact animal" means an animal | ||||
that has not been sterilized spayed or neutered.
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(Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.) | ||||
(510 ILCS 5/3.5) | ||||
Sec. 3.5. County animal population fund use limitation. | ||||
Funds placed in the county animal population control fund may | ||||
only be used to (1) spay, neuter, vaccinate, or sterilize | ||||
adopted dogs or cats; (2) sterilize spay, neuter, or vaccinate | ||||
dogs or cats owned by low income county residents who are | ||||
eligible for the Food Stamp Program or Social Security | ||||
Disability Benefits Program; or (3) sterilize spay, neuter, | ||||
and vaccinate feral cats in programs recognized by the county | ||||
or a municipality. This Section does not apply to a county with | ||||
3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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(Source: P.A. 100-405, eff. 1-1-18; 100-870, eff. 1-1-19.)
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(510 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 8, par. 359)
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Sec. 9. Any dog found running at large contrary to | ||
provisions of this Act
may
be apprehended and impounded. For | ||
this purpose, the Administrator shall
utilize any existing or | ||
available animal control facility or licensed animal shelter. | ||
The dog's owner shall pay a $25 public safety fine to be | ||
deposited into the county animal control fund or the county | ||
pet population control fund. Funds transferred to or retained | ||
by a municipality before the effective date of this amendatory | ||
Act of the 100th General Assembly under this paragraph shall | ||
continue to be transferred to and be retained by that | ||
municipality. A dog found running at large contrary to the | ||
provisions of this Act a second or subsequent time must be | ||
sterilized spayed or neutered within 30 days after being | ||
reclaimed unless already sterilized spayed or neutered; | ||
failure to comply shall result in impoundment.
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A dog that is actively engaged in a legal hunting | ||
activity, including training, is not considered to be running | ||
at large if the dog is on land that is open to hunting or on | ||
land on which the person has obtained permission to hunt or to | ||
train a dog. A dog that is in a dog-friendly area or dog park | ||
is not considered to be running at large if the dog is | ||
monitored or supervised by a person.
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(Source: P.A. 100-787, eff. 8-10-18.)
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