Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 3/14/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1637

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1637 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing
5Sections 10 and 35 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 5/10)  (from Ch. 8, par. 360)
7    Sec. 10. Impoundment; redemption. When dogs or cats are
8apprehended and impounded, they must be scanned for the
9presence of a microchip and examined for other currently
10acceptable methods of identification, including, but not
11limited to, identification tags, tattoos, and rabies license
12tags. The examination for identification shall be done within
1324 hours after the intake of each dog or cat. The Administrator
14shall make every reasonable attempt to contact the owner as
15defined by Section 2.16 as soon as possible. The Administrator
16shall give notice of not less than 7 business days to the owner

 

 

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1prior to disposal of the animal. Such notice shall be mailed to
2the last known address of the owner. Testimony of the
3Administrator, or his or her authorized agent, who mails such
4notice shall be evidence of the receipt of such notice by the
5owner of the animal. A mailed notice shall remain the primary
6means of owner contact; however, the Administrator shall also
7attempt to contact the owner by any other contact information,
8such as by telephone or email address, provided by the
9microchip or other method of identification found on the dog or
10cat. If the dog or cat has been microchipped and the primary
11contact listed by the chip manufacturer cannot be located or
12refuses to reclaim the dog or cat, an attempt shall be made to
13contact any secondary contacts listed by the chip manufacturer
14prior to adoption, transfer, or euthanization. Prior to
15transferring the dog or cat to another humane shelter, rescue
16group, or euthanization, the dog or cat shall be scanned again
17for the presence of a microchip and examined for other means of
18identification. If a second scan provides the same identifying
19information as the initial intake scan and the owner has not
20been located or refuses to reclaim the dog or cat, the animal
21control facility may proceed with the adoption, transfer, or
22euthanization.
23    In case the owner of any impounded dog or cat desires to
24make redemption thereof, he or she may do so by doing the
25following:
26        a. Presenting proof of current rabies inoculation and

 

 

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1    registration, if applicable.
2        b. Paying for the rabies inoculation of the dog or cat
3    and registration, if applicable.
4        c. Paying the pound for the board of the dog or cat for
5    the period it was impounded.
6        d. Paying into the Animal Control Fund an additional
7    impoundment fee as prescribed by the Board as a penalty for
8    the first offense and for each subsequent offense.
9        e. Paying a $25 public safety fine to be deposited into
10    the Pet Population Control Fund; the fine shall be waived
11    if it is the dog's or cat's first impoundment and the owner
12    has the animal spayed or neutered within 14 days.
13        f. Paying for microchipping and registration if not
14    already done.
15    The payments required for redemption under this Section
16shall be in addition to any other penalties invoked under this
17Act and the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population
18Control Act. An animal control agency shall assist and share
19information with the Director of Public Health in the
20collection of public safety fines.
21(Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
22    (510 ILCS 5/35)
23    Sec. 35. Liability.
24    (a) Any municipality or political subdivision allowing
25feral cat colonies and trap, sterilize, and return programs to

 

 

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1help control cat overpopulation shall be immune from criminal
2liability and shall not be civilly liable, except for willful
3and wanton misconduct, for damages that may result from a feral
4cat. Any municipality or political subdivision allowing dog
5parks shall be immune from criminal liability and shall not be
6civilly liable, except for willful and wanton misconduct, for
7damages that may result from occurrences in the dog park.
8    (b) Any veterinarian or animal shelter or animal control
9facility who in good faith contacts the registered owner of a
10microchipped animal shall be immune from criminal liability and
11shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except
12for willful and wanton misconduct, be liable for civil damages.
13    (c) Any veterinarian who sterilizes feral cats and any
14feral cat caretaker who traps cats for a trap, sterilize, and
15return program shall be immune from criminal liability and
16shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except
17for willful and wanton misconduct, be liable for civil damages.
18    (d) Any animal shelter or animal control facility worker
19who microchips an animal shall be immune from criminal
20liability and shall not, as a result of his or her acts or
21omissions, except for willful and wanton misconduct, be liable
22for civil damages.
23    (e) Any animal shelter or animal control worker who deems
24it dangerous to scan an animal for a microchip or examine an
25animal for other identification due to the fractious display of
26the animal shall be immune from criminal liability and shall

 

 

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1not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except for
2willful and wanton misconduct, be liable for civil damages.
3(Source: P.A. 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
51, 2012.".