100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4602

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 70/7.15

    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person may not recklessly permit a dog that is owned, harbored, or controlled by the person and off its owner's property or at large to cause injury to or the death of a guide, hearing, or support dog. Provides that a person convicted of this offense is guilty of a petty offense if the dog is not killed or totally disabled and is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the dog. Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this offense is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bill and replacement costs of the dog.


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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 Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.15 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 70/7.15)
7    Sec. 7.15. Guide, hearing, and support dogs.
8    (a) A person may not willfully and maliciously annoy,
9taunt, tease, harass, torment, beat, or strike a guide,
10hearing, or support dog or otherwise engage in any conduct
11directed toward a guide, hearing, or support dog that is likely
12to impede or interfere with the dog's performance of its duties
13or that places the blind, hearing impaired, or person with a
14physical disability being served or assisted by the dog in
15danger of injury.
16    (b) A person may not willfully and maliciously torture,
17injure, or kill a guide, hearing, or support dog.
18    (c) A person may not willfully and maliciously permit a dog
19that is owned, harbored, or controlled by the person to cause
20injury to or the death of a guide, hearing, or support dog
21while the guide, hearing, or support dog is in discharge of its
22duties.
23    (c-5) A person may not recklessly permit a dog that is

 

 

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1owned, harbored, or controlled by the person and off its
2owner's property or at large to cause injury to or the death of
3a guide, hearing, or support dog.
4    (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty
5of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a
6Class 4 felony. A person convicted of violating subsection (b)
7or (c) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the dog
8is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by the court
9to make restitution to the person with a disability having
10custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and
11replacement costs of the dog. A person convicted of violating
12subsection (c-5) of this Section is guilty of a petty offense
13if the dog is not killed or totally disabled. A person
14convicted of violating subsection (c-5) of this Section is
15guilty of a Class C misdemeanor if the dog is killed or totally
16disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution
17to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of
18the dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the dog.
19A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of
20subsection (c-5) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony
21if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by
22the court to make restitution to the person with a disability
23having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bill and
24replacement costs of the dog. The remedies provided in this
25Section are in addition to any other remedies provided by law.
26(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)