96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0678

 

Introduced 02/06/09, by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 70/7.2 new

    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Prohibits a person from transporting, or causing or allowing to be transported, any equine animal in or upon a trailer, conveyance, or any other vehicle with 2 or more levels stacked upon one another. Creates penalties for violations. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning animals.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
5 adding Section 7.2 as follows:
 
6     (510 ILCS 70/7.2 new)
7     Sec. 7.2. Transport Prohibitions for Equines.
8     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
9 may not transport, or cause or allow to be transported, any
10 equine animal in or upon any trailer, conveyance, or other
11 vehicle whatsoever with 2 or more levels stacked on top of one
12 another.
13     (b) A person convicted of violating this Section or any
14 rule, regulation, or order of the Department pursuant thereto
15 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for each equine animal
16 transported. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4
17 felony, with every day that a violation continues constituting
18 a separate offense.
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.