100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2601

 

Introduced 2/7/2018, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 70/10  from Ch. 8, par. 710

    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that any act of commission or omission by an approved humane investigator shall not impose civil liability upon the approved humane investigator when conducting an inspection or otherwise enforcing the provisions under this Act, unless the commission or omission is a result of willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that this immunity does not extend to the operation of a motor vehicle.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
5changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 70/10)  (from Ch. 8, par. 710)
7    Sec. 10. Investigation of complaints.
8    (a) Upon receiving a complaint of a suspected violation of
9this Act, a Department investigator, any law enforcement
10official, or an approved humane investigator may, for the
11purpose of investigating the allegations of the complaint,
12enter during normal business hours upon any premises where the
13animal or animals described in the complaint are housed or
14kept, provided such entry shall not be made into any building
15which is a person's residence, except by search warrant or
16court order. Institutions operating under federal license to
17conduct laboratory experimentation utilizing animals for
18research or medical purposes are, however, exempt from the
19provisions of this Section. State's Attorneys and law
20enforcement officials shall provide such assistance as may be
21required in the conduct of such investigations. Any such
22investigation requiring legal procedures shall be immediately
23reported to the Department. No employee or representative of

 

 

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1the Department shall enter a livestock management facility
2unless sanitized footwear is used, or unless the owner or
3operator of the facility waives this requirement. The employee
4or representative must also use any other reasonable disease
5prevention procedures or equipment provided by the owner or
6operator of the facility. The animal control administrator and
7animal control wardens appointed under the Animal Control Act
8shall be authorized to make investigations complying with this
9Section for alleged violations of Sections 3, 3.01, 3.02, and
103.03 pertaining to companion animals. The animals impounded
11shall remain under the jurisdiction of the animal control
12administrator and be held in an animal shelter licensed under
13the Animal Welfare Act.
14    (b) Any veterinarian acting in good faith is immune from
15any civil or criminal liability resulting from his or her
16actions under this Section. The good faith on the part of the
17veterinarian is presumed.
18    (c) Any act of commission or omission by an approved humane
19investigator shall not impose civil liability upon the approved
20humane investigator when conducting an inspection or otherwise
21enforcing the provisions under this Act, unless the commission
22or omission is a result of willful or wanton misconduct. The
23immunity provided under this subsection (c) does not extend to
24the operation of a motor vehicle.
25(Source: P.A. 92-454, eff. 1-1-02.)