101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4213

 

Introduced 1/22/2020, by Rep. Mike Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 70/7.1  from Ch. 8, par. 707.1

    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Adds firefighter and paramedic to the list of persons who are authorized, after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or person responsible for the animal, to enter a motor vehicle by any reasonable means if he or she has probable cause to believe that the animal's health or safety is at risk.


LRB101 17491 CMG 66901 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4213LRB101 17491 CMG 66901 b

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 7.1 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 70/7.1)  (from Ch. 8, par. 707.1)
7    Sec. 7.1. Confinement in motor vehicle. No owner or person
8shall confine any animal in a motor vehicle in such a manner
9that places it in a life or health threatening situation by
10exposure to a prolonged period of extreme heat or cold, without
11proper ventilation or other protection from such heat or cold.
12In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, an
13animal control officer, firefighter, paramedic, law
14enforcement officer, or Department investigator who has
15probable cause to believe that this Section is being violated
16shall have authority to enter such motor vehicle by any
17reasonable means under the circumstances after making a
18reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person
19responsible.
20    A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a
21Class C misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a
22Class B misdemeanor.
23(Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)