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Bill Status of HB4977 96th General Assembly

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Short Description: ANIMALS-ABANDONED PROPERTIES

House Sponsors
Rep. Thomas Holbrook

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

510 ILCS 70/3.01

from Ch. 8, par. 703.01

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that any person who, while lawfully on a vacated property, notices a companion animal housed on that property must notify either the county animal control or the local police department. Makes a violation of this provision a Class B misdemeanor. Authorizes animal control officers and law enforcement officers who are responding to such a notification to enter the vacated property by any reasonable means under the circumstances to remove and render aid to the abandoned animal. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
1/20/2010	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook
1/21/2010	House	First Reading
1/21/2010	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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