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91_HB0810

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Humane  Care  for  Animals  Act  by
 2    changing Section 16.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 16 as follows:

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

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