99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1362

 

Introduced 2/18/2015, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 5/2.11b-2 new
510 ILCS 5/10  from Ch. 8, par. 360
510 ILCS 5/15.5 new

    Amends the Animal Control Act. Provides that each Administrator shall post on his or her website: (1) all locations in the county that impound dogs and cats; (2) the operating hours of those locations; (3) the contact information for those locations; and (4) the applicable redemption fees for dogs and cats. Provides that any dog found to be vicious must be listed in a database by the Administrator or Director, along with any other dangerous wild animals. Provides that the database shall include the name, current address, contact information, and other pertinent information of the owner, and the database shall be made available to first responders in the region in order to put them on notice before they respond to a call to any location.


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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 Animal Control Act is amended by changing
5Section 10 and by adding Sections 2.11b-2 and 15.5 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 5/2.11b-2 new)
7    Sec. 2.11b-2. First responder. "First responder" means and
8includes all fire departments and districts, law enforcement
9agencies and officials, emergency medical responders, and
10emergency management officials who would be called to the scene
11of an emergency.
 
12    (510 ILCS 5/10)  (from Ch. 8, par. 360)
13    Sec. 10. Impoundment; redemption. When dogs or cats are
14apprehended and impounded, they must be scanned for the
15presence of a microchip and examined for other currently
16acceptable methods of identification, including, but not
17limited to, identification tags, tattoos, and rabies license
18tags. The examination for identification shall be done within
1924 hours after the intake of each dog or cat. The Administrator
20shall make every reasonable attempt to contact the owner as
21defined by Section 2.16, agent, or caretaker as soon as
22possible. The Administrator shall give notice of not less than

 

 

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

 

 

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1(1) all locations in the county that impound dogs and cats; (2)
2the operating hours of those locations; (3) the contact
3information for those locations; and (4) the applicable
4redemption fees for dogs and cats.
5    In case the owner, agent, or caretaker of any impounded dog
6or cat desires to make redemption thereof, he or she may do so
7by doing the following:
8        a. Presenting proof of current rabies inoculation and
9    registration, if applicable.
10        b. Paying for the rabies inoculation of the dog or cat
11    and registration, if applicable.
12        c. Paying the pound for the board of the dog or cat for
13    the period it was impounded.
14        d. Paying into the Animal Control Fund an additional
15    impoundment fee as prescribed by the Board as a penalty for
16    the first offense and for each subsequent offense.
17        e. Paying a $25 public safety fine to be deposited into
18    the Pet Population Control Fund; the fine shall be waived
19    if it is the dog's or cat's first impoundment and the
20    owner, agent, or caretaker has the animal spayed or
21    neutered within 14 days.
22        f. Paying for microchipping and registration if not
23    already done.
24    The payments required for redemption under this Section
25shall be in addition to any other penalties invoked under this
26Act and the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population

 

 

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1Control Act. An animal control agency shall assist and share
2information with the Director of Public Health in the
3collection of public safety fines.
4(Source: P.A. 97-240, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
5    (510 ILCS 5/15.5 new)
6    Sec. 15.5. Vicious dog database. Any dog found to be
7vicious must be listed in a database by the Administrator or
8Director, along with any other dangerous wild animals. The
9database shall include the name, current address, contact
10information, and other pertinent information of the owner. The
11database shall be made available to first responders in the
12region in order to put them on notice before they respond to a
13call to any location.