100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4690
 
Introduced , by Rep. Carol Sente
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

     Creates the Police Service Dog Protection Act. Provides that the law enforcement agency, or handler of the police dog shall be required to have every police dog receive, at minimum, an annual medical examination by a licensed veterinarian. Provides that prior to beginning service as a police dog, the employing law enforcement agency shall require the dog be vaccinated against rabies as required under the Animal Control Act. Provides that a vehicle used to transport a police dog shall be equipped with a heat sensor monitoring device which shall: (1) monitor the internal temperature of the vehicle in which the police dog is being transported; (2) provide an audible and visual notification in the vehicle if the interior temperature reaches 85 degrees Fahrenheit which remotely notifies the law enforcement officer responsible for the police dog or  the law enforcement agency's 24 hour dispatch center; and (3) have a safety mechanism to reduce the interior temperature of the vehicle.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning animals.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Police 
5Service Dog Protection Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions.
7    "Law enforcement agency" means a county, municipal, or 
8State law enforcement agency.
9    "Police dog" has the same meaning ascribed to the term in 
10subsection (e) of Section 3.55 of the Emergency Medical 
11Services (EMS) Systems Act.
 
12    Section 10. Medical care.
13    (a) The law enforcement agency, or handler of the police 
14dog shall be required to have every police dog receive, at 
15minimum, an annual medical examination by a licensed 
16veterinarian.
17    (b) Prior to beginning service as a police dog, the 
18employing law enforcement agency shall require the dog be 
19vaccinated against rabies as required under Section 8 of the 
20Animal Control Act.
 
21    Section 15. Vehicles transporting police dogs; 
 
 
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1requirements.

2    A vehicle used to transport a police dog shall be equipped 
3with a heat sensor monitoring device which shall:
4        (1) monitor the internal temperature of the vehicle in 
5    which the police dog is being transported;
6        (2) provide an audible and visual notification in the 
7    vehicle if the interior temperature reaches 85 degrees 
8    Fahrenheit which remotely notifies the law enforcement 
9    officer responsible for the police dog or  the law 
10    enforcement agency's 24 hour dispatch center; and
11        (3) have a safety mechanism to reduce the interior 
12    temperature of the vehicle.