Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 3/20/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5940

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5940 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 48-10 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/48-10)
7    Sec. 48-10. Dangerous animals.
8    (a) Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the
9context otherwise requires:
10    "Animal refuge" means a not for profit entity that:
11        (1) operates a place of sanctuary where abused,
12    neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or
13    displaced animals are provided care for the lifetime of the
14    animal;
15        (2) does not conduct any commercial activity with
16    respect to dangerous animals, including, but not limited

 

 

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1    to, (i) sale, trade, auction, lease, or loan of dangerous
2    animals or parts of these animals, or (ii) use of dangerous
3    animals in any manner in a for-profit business or
4    operation;
5        (3) does not use dangerous animals for entertainment
6    purposes or in a traveling exhibit;
7        (4) does not breed any dangerous animals; and
8        (5) does not allow members of the public the
9    opportunity to come into direct contact with dangerous
10    animals.
11        "Dangerous animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard,
12    ocelot, jaguar, cheetah, margay, mountain lion, lynx,
13    bobcat, jaguarundi, bear, hyena, wolf or coyote, or any
14    poisonous or life-threatening reptile.
15        "Owner" means any person who (1) has a right of
16    property in a dangerous animal or primate, (2) keeps or
17    harbors a dangerous animal or primate, (3) has a dangerous
18    animal or primate in his or her care, or (4) acts as
19    custodian of a dangerous animal or primate.
20        "Person" means any individual, firm, association,
21    partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, any
22    public or private institution, the State, or any municipal
23    corporation or political subdivision of the State.
24        "Primate" means a nonhuman member of the order primate,
25    including but not limited to chimpanzee, gorilla,
26    orangutan, bonobo, gibbon, monkey, lemur, loris, aye-aye,

 

 

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1    and tarsier.
2    (b) Dangerous animal or primate offense. No person shall
3have a right of property in, keep, harbor, care for, act as
4custodian of or maintain in his or her possession any dangerous
5animal or primate except at a properly maintained zoological
6park, federally licensed exhibit, circus, college or
7university, scientific institution, research laboratory,
8veterinary hospital, hound running area, or animal refuge in an
9escape-proof enclosure.
10    (c) Exemptions.
11        (1) This Section does not prohibit a person who had
12    lawful possession of a primate before January 1, 2011, from
13    continuing to possess that primate if the person registers
14    the animal by providing written notification to the local
15    animal control administrator on or before April 1, 2011.
16    The notification shall include:
17            (A) the person's name, address, and telephone
18        number; and
19            (B) the type of primate, the age, a photograph, a
20        description of any tattoo, microchip, or other
21        identifying information, and a list of current
22        inoculations.
23        (2) This Section does not prohibit a person who is
24    permanently disabled with a severe mobility impairment
25    from possessing a single capuchin monkey to assist the
26    person in performing daily tasks if:

 

 

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1            (A) the capuchin monkey was obtained from and
2        trained at a licensed nonprofit organization described
3        in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
4        1986, the nonprofit tax status of which was obtained on
5        the basis of a mission to improve the quality of life
6        of severely mobility-impaired individuals; and
7            (B) the person complies with the notification
8        requirements as described in paragraph (1) of this
9        subsection (c).
10        (3) This Section does not apply to a properly
11    maintained zoological park accredited by the Association
12    of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), circus, college or university,
13    scientific institution, research laboratory, veterinary
14    hospital, hound running area, or animal refuge, if the
15    dangerous animal or primate is kept in an escape-proof
16    enclosure.
17        (4) This Section does not apply to a properly
18    maintained zoological park operated by a municipality,
19    county, forest preserve district, or this State, if the
20    dangerous animal or primate is kept in an escape-proof
21    enclosure.
22        (5) This Section does not prohibit a person who
23    possesses a Class C exhibitor license from the U.S.
24    Department of Agriculture from possessing a dangerous
25    animal or primate; however, after June 1, 2014 the person
26    may not breed or otherwise acquire a dangerous animal other

 

 

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1    than an ocelot, margay, lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena,
2    wolf or coyote, or any poisonous or life-threatening
3    reptile.
4        (6) This Section does not prohibit any motion picture
5    or television production company from employing or
6    contracting with a dealer or exhibitor licensed under
7    Section 2133 of the federal Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C.
8    2133) or with a carrier, intermediate handler, or
9    unlicensed exhibitor registered under Section 2136 of that
10    Act (7 U.S.C. 2136) for the transportation, purchase,
11    exhibition, or use of dangerous animals in its motion
12    picture or television production.
13    (d) A person who registers a primate shall notify the local
14animal control administrator within 30 days of a change of
15address. If the person moves to another locality within the
16State, the person shall register the primate with the new local
17animal control administrator within 30 days of moving by
18providing written notification as provided in paragraph (1) of
19subsection (c) and shall include proof of the prior
20registration.
21    (e) A person who registers a primate shall notify the local
22animal control administrator immediately if the primate dies,
23escapes, or bites, scratches, or injures a person.
24    (f) It is no defense to a violation of subsection (b) that
25the person violating subsection (b) has attempted to
26domesticate the dangerous animal. If there appears to be

 

 

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1imminent danger to the public, any dangerous animal found not
2in compliance with the provisions of this Section shall be
3subject to seizure and may immediately be placed in an approved
4facility. Upon the conviction of a person for a violation of
5subsection (b), the animal with regard to which the conviction
6was obtained shall be confiscated and placed in an approved
7facility, with the owner responsible for all costs connected
8with the seizure and confiscation of the animal. Approved
9facilities include, but are not limited to, a zoological park,
10federally licensed exhibit, humane society, veterinary
11hospital or animal refuge.
12    (g) Sentence. Any person violating this Section is guilty
13of a Class C misdemeanor. Any corporation or partnership, any
14officer, director, manager or managerial agent of the
15partnership or corporation who violates this Section or causes
16the partnership or corporation to violate this Section is
17guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Each day of violation
18constitutes a separate offense.
19(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.".