103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3257

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 70/4  from Ch. 8, par. 704

    Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that no person may sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away as a pet or novelty any hermit crab or goldfish that has been dyed, colored, or otherwise treated to impart an artificial color. Provides that a violation is a Class B misdemeanor.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 4 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 70/4)  (from Ch. 8, par. 704)
7    Sec. 4. Prohibited acts. No person may sell, offer for
8sale, barter, or give away as a pet or a novelty any rabbit,
9hermit crab, goldfish, or any baby chick, duckling or other
10fowl which has been dyed, colored, or otherwise treated to
11impart an artificial color thereto. Baby chicks or ducklings
12shall not be sold, offered for sale, bartered, or given away as
13pets or novelties. Rabbits, ducklings or baby chicks shall not
14be awarded as prizes.
15    No person may allow for the adoption, transfer, sale,
16offer for sale, barter, or give away any animal forfeited or
17relinquished under Section 3.04 or 3.05 of this Act to the
18person who forfeited the animal or a person residing in that
19person's household.
20    A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of
21a Class B misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a
22Class 4 felony, with every day that a violation continues
23constituting a separate offense.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-504, eff. 6-1-18.)