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 1        AN ACT concerning animal torture.

 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    changing Section 16 and adding Section 3.03 as follows:

 6        (510 ILCS 70/3.03 new)
 7        Sec. 3.03.  Animal  torture.   A  person  commits  animal
 8    torture   when   that   person  without  legal  justification
 9    knowingly or intentionally tortures an animal.  For  purposes
10    of  this Section, "torture" means infliction of or subjection
11    to extreme physical pain, motivated by an intent to  increase
12    or  prolong the pain, suffering, or agony of the animal. Acts
13    by persons engaged in lawful hunting,  fishing,  or  trapping
14    under the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and
15    acts  that  are  accepted  and customary practices by persons
16    engaged in scientific or medical experiments  or  by  persons
17    engaged in meat packing, meat processing, or the slaughtering
18    of  animals  or raising or transporting animals for slaughter
19    shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section.

20        (510 ILCS 70/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 716)
21        Sec. 16.  Violations; punishment; injunctions.
22        (a)  Any person convicted of violating Sections 5,  5.01,
23    or  6  of  this Act  or any rule, regulation, or order of the
24    Department  pursuant  thereto,  is  guilty  of  a   Class   C
25    misdemeanor.
26             (b)(1)  This subsection (b) does not apply where the
27        only animals involved in the violation are dogs.
28             (2)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
29        (a), (b), (c) or (h) of Section 4.01 of this Act  or  any
30        rule,  regulation,  or  order  of the Department pursuant
 
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 1        thereto, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
 2             (3)  A second or subsequent  offense  involving  the
 3        violation  of  subsection (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01
 4        of this Act or any rule,  regulation,  or  order  of  the
 5        Department pursuant thereto is a Class 4 felony.
 6             (4)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
 7        (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
 8        regulation,  or order of the Department pursuant thereto,
 9        is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
10             (5)  Any person convicted  of  violating  subsection
11        (g)  of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation,
12        or order of the Department pursuant thereto is guilty  of
13        a Class C misdemeanor.
14             (c)(1)  This   subsection  (c)  applies  exclusively
15        where the only animals  involved  in  the  violation  are
16        dogs.
17             (2)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
18        (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
19        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
20        guilty of a Class 4 felony and may be fined an amount not
21        to exceed $50,000.
22             (3)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
23        (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
24        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
25        guilty  of  Class  A  misdemeanor, if such person knew or
26        should have known that  the  device  or  equipment  under
27        subsection  (d)  or  (e)  of  that  Section  or the site,
28        structure  or  facility  under  subsection  (f)  of  that
29        Section was to be used to carry out a violation where the
30        only animals involved were dogs.  Where such  person  did
31        not  know  or should not reasonably have been expected to
32        know that the only animals involved in the violation were
33        dogs, the penalty shall be same as that provided  for  in
34        paragraph (4) of subsection (b).
 
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 1             (4)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
 2        (g) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,  regulation
 3        or order of the Department pursuant thereto is  guilty of
 4        a Class C misdemeanor.
 5             (5)  A  second or subsequent violation of subsection
 6        (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
 7        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
 8        a  Class  3  felony.  A second or subsequent violation of
 9        subsection (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or
10        any rule, regulation or order of the  Department  adopted
11        pursuant  thereto  is  a  Class  3  felony,  if  in  each
12        violation  the  person knew or should have known that the
13        device or equipment under subsection (d) or (e)  of  that
14        Section   or   the  site,  structure  or  facility  under
15        subsection (f) of that Section was to be  used  to  carry
16        out  a  violation  where  the  only animals involved were
17        dogs.  Where such person  did  not  know  or  should  not
18        reasonably  have  been  expected  to  know  that the only
19        animals involved in the violation were dogs, a second  or
20        subsequent  violation  of  subsection  (d), (e) or (f) of
21        Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation or order
22        of the Department adopted pursuant thereto is a  Class  A
23        misdemeanor.    A   second  or  subsequent  violation  of
24        subsection (g) is a Class B misdemeanor.
25             (6)  Any person convicted of violating Section  3.01
26        of this Act is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.  A second
27        conviction  for  a violation of Section 3.01 is a Class B
28        misdemeanor.  A third  or  subsequent  conviction  for  a
29        violation of Section 3.01 is a Class  A misdemeanor.
30             (7)  Any  person convicted of violating Section 4.03
31        is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
32             (8)  Any person convicted of violating Section  4.04
33        is  guilty  of  a Class A misdemeanor where the animal is
34        not killed or totally disabled,  but  if  the  animal  is
 
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 1        killed or totally disabled such person shall be guilty of
 2        a Class 4 felony.
 3             (8.5)  A  person  convicted  of violating subsection
 4        (a) of Section 7.15 is guilty of a Class  B  misdemeanor.
 5        A  person convicted of violating subsection (b) or (c) of
 6        Section 7.15 is (i) guilty of a Class  A  misdemeanor  if
 7        the dog is not killed or totally disabled and (ii) if the
 8        dog  is  killed  or totally disabled, guilty of a Class 4
 9        felony  and  may  be  ordered  by  the  court   to   make
10        restitution  to  the  disabled  person  having custody or
11        ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement
12        costs of the dog.
13             (9)  Any person convicted  of  violating  any  other
14        provision  of this Act, or any rule, regulation, or order
15        of the Department pursuant thereto, is guilty of a  Class
16        C  misdemeanor  with every day that a violation continues
17        constituting a separate offense.
18        (d)  Any person convicted of  violating  Section  7.1  is
19    guilty of a petty offense.  A second or subsequent conviction
20    for a violation of Section 7.1 is a Class C misdemeanor.
21        (e)  Any  person  convicted  of violating Section 3.02 is
22    guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
23        (f)  The Department may enjoin a person from a continuing
24    violation of this Act.
25        (g)  Any person convicted of violating  Section  3.03  is
26    guilty  of  a Class 4 felony.  A second or subsequent offense
27    is a Class 3 felony.  As a condition of the sentence  imposed
28    under  this  Section,  the  court shall order the offender to
29    undergo a psychological  or  psychiatric  evaluation  and  to
30    undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate
31    after due consideration of the evaluation.
32    (Source:  P.A.  89-455,  eff. 5-20-96; 89-689, eff. 12-31-96;
33    90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-80, eff. 7-10-97; revised 10-31-98.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

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