HB0678 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning animals.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by adding Section 7.2 as follows:

(510 ILCS 70/7.2 new)

Sec. 7.2. Transport Prohibitions for Equines.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not transport, or cause or allow to be transported, any equine animal in or upon any trailer, conveyance, or other vehicle whatsoever with 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another.

(b) A person convicted of violating this Section or any rule, regulation, or order of the Department pursuant thereto is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for each equine animal transported. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony, with every day that a violation continues constituting a separate offense.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.