102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3972

 

Introduced 3/4/2021, by Rep. Joyce Mason

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/48-11

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits unlawful use of an animal (currently, this provision only covers elephants) in a traveling animal act when he or she knowingly allows for the participation of an animal in a traveling animal act. Unlawful use of an animal in a traveling animal act is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "animal". Effective July 1, 2021.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 48-11 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/48-11)
7    Sec. 48-11. Unlawful use of an animal elephant in a
8traveling animal act.
9    (a) Definitions. As used in this Section:
10    "Animal" means any of the following including a hybrid
11thereof:
12        (1) bear;
13        (2) cougar;
14        (3) elephant;
15        (4) jaguar;
16        (5) leopard, excluding a clouded leopard;
17        (6) lion;
18        (7) non-human primate; or
19        (8) tiger.
20    "Mobile or traveling animal housing facility" means a
21transporting vehicle such as a truck, trailer, or railway car
22used to transport or house animals while traveling to an
23exhibition or other performance.

 

 

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1    "Performance" means an exhibition, public showing,
2presentation, display, exposition, fair, animal act, circus,
3ride, trade show, petting zoo, carnival, parade, race, or
4other similar undertaking in which animals are required to
5perform tricks, give rides, or participate as accompaniments
6for entertainment, amusement, or benefit of a live audience.
7    "Traveling animal act" means any performance of animals
8where animals are transported to, from, or between locations
9for the purpose of a performance in a mobile or traveling
10animal housing facility.
11    (b) A person commits unlawful use of an animal elephant in
12a traveling animal act when he or she knowingly allows for the
13participation of an animal African elephant (Loxodonta
14africana) or Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) protected under
15the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 in a traveling
16animal act.
17    (c) This Section does not apply to an exhibition of
18animals elephants at a non-mobile, permanent institution, or
19other facility.
20    (d) Sentence. Unlawful use of an animal elephant in a
21traveling animal act is a Class A misdemeanor.
22(Source: P.A. 100-90, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
242021.