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Full Text of HB3012  97th General Assembly

HB3012 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3012

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
770 ILCS 40/49  from Ch. 82, par. 58

    Amends the Innkeepers Lien Act. Provides that stable keepers shall have a lien for the cost of unpaid boarding and related expenses for a horse that is enforceable through the sale of the horse by public or private sale pursuant to provisions concerning notice, sale procedure, certificate of purchase, and application of sale proceeds.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Innkeepers Lien Act is amended by changing
5Section 49 as follows:
 
6    (770 ILCS 40/49)  (from Ch. 82, par. 58)
7    Sec. 49. Stable keepers.
8    (a) As used in this Section:
9        (1) "Boarding or stabling agreement" means any
10    agreement, written or oral, that establishes or modifies
11    the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions
12    concerning the boarding or stabling of a horse.
13        (2) "Horse owner" or "owner" means a person, his or her
14    agent, successor, or assign, who owns a horse.
15        (3) "Keeping", "boarding", or "stabling" means
16    boarding and training services at a stable provided at the
17    horse owner's request including but not limited to:
18    services under a written boarding or stabling agreement;
19    services provided in response to a written request by the
20    horse owner; administering to the horse, the horse owner's
21    requested supplements or medications; trailering the horse
22    to a designated location; and assistance in conjunction
23    with veterinary, breeding, farrier, chiropractic, dental,

 

 

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1    or other professional services for a horse.
2        (4) "Last known address" means that address provided by
3    the horse owner in the latest boarding or stabling
4    agreement, or the address provided by the horse owner in a
5    subsequent written notice of a change of address.
6        (5) "Stable" or "horse boarding facility" means any
7    real property designed and used for the purpose of
8    stabling, boarding, or keeping a horse.
9        (6) "Stable keeper" or "keeper" means the owner,
10    operator, lessor, or sublessor of a stable or horse
11    boarding facility, his or her agent, or any other person
12    authorized by him or her to manage the facility or to
13    receive rent from a horse owner under a boarding or
14    stabling agreement.
15    (b) Stable keepers and any persons shall have a lien upon
16the horses, carriages, and harness kept by them at the stable
17or boarding facility for the proper charges due for the keeping
18thereof and expenses bestowed thereon at the request of the
19owner, or the person having the possession thereof, plus other
20charges, present or future, in relation to the horse boarded,
21plus all fees and expenses incurred by the keeper to enforce
22the lien, whether by public or private sale, to the extent
23permitted under this Section.
24    (c) The lien provided under this Section is a possessory
25lien which entitles the keeper to restrict the subject horse's
26movement from the keeper's facility, except for only emergency

 

 

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1veterinary conditions or circumstances. Pursuant to this
2Section, local law enforcement authorities notified of the
3keeper's right to a possessory lien on the horse shall have the
4authority, without a court order, to restrict the removal of
5the horse from the keeper's facility despite the horse owner's
6request or demand, until the keeper confirms to the that the
7lien has been satisfied. Evidence of a lien that constitutes
8notice to law enforcement authorities of the possessory lien
9includes, but is not limited to, a written boarding agreement
10in which the horse owner acknowledges that the keeper shall
11have an automatic lien on the horse for the amount owed or the
12unpaid invoices, which display the keeper's letterhead or other
13identifying logo or insignia, issued by the keeper for boarding
14the horse.
15    (d) Enforcement of the lien must be by public sale, unless
16and only if the written boarding agreement provides a clear
17authorization that the horse may be sold through a private
18sale.
19    (e) Enforcement of the lien shall be carried out through a
20public sale at which cash shall be paid by the highest bidder,
21with the sale conducted by the sheriff of the county in which
22the facility is located. The date, time, and place of the sale
23shall be advertised by posting a written notice of the sale at
243 of the most public places in the township or municipality
25where the horse is boarded. The posting may be done at any
26time, but shall not be done less than 21 days before the sale.

 

 

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1Alternatively, the sale may be advertised by placing a sale
2notice stating the date, time, and place of the sale for 3
3consecutive weeks in a weekly or daily newspaper of general
4circulation distributed in the township or municipality where
5the horse is boarded. After the auctioneer and sheriff's fees,
6advertising costs, and any legal fees and costs incurred as
7part of the lien enforcement process are paid, the balance
8shall be paid to the keeper. In the event that the amount of
9the sale price recovered by the keeper, less all auctioneer and
10sheriff's fees, advertising costs, and any legal fees and costs
11incurred in connection with the lien enforcement exceeds the
12amount of the lien, the surplus shall be paid to the horse
13owner. At the time that the surplus funds are received by the
14horse owner, the ownership papers to the horse shall be
15forwarded by the horse owner to the public sale buyer within 7
16days after receipt of the surplus funds. In the event the horse
17owner cannot be found after reasonable attempts to locate the
18owner have been made, any surplus funds shall be paid to the
19keeper's chosen equine rescue, rehabilitation, or retirement
20facility or organization. At the time of the sale conducted
21pursuant to this Section, the sheriff shall, upon payment of
22the sale price, provide a public sale certificate of purchase
23of the horse to the highest bidder showing that the highest
24bidder is the new legal owner of the horse. As of the time of
25the delivery of the public sale certificate of purchase, the
26original horse owner shall have no claim of right, title, or

 

 

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1interest in the horse.
2    (f) Enforcement through a private sale shall only be
3permitted if the keeper possesses an original boarding
4agreement signed by the horse owner that acknowledges that the
5boarding facility shall have an automatic lien on the horse for
6the amount owed and that a private sale may be had to satisfy
7the lien, but only after notice is sent to the horse owner's
8last known mailing address by first class certified or
9registered mail, e-mail address, and fax number at least 3
10weeks prior to the date of any private sale. If only the
11address, e-mail address, or fax number is known by the keeper
12and the notice is sent to that known address, e-mail address,
13or fax number, the notice shall be considered to have been
14satisfactorily sent under this Section. At the time of the sale
15conducted pursuant to the requirements of this subsection, the
16keeper shall, upon payment of the sale price, provide a private
17sale certificate for the horse to the buyer that certifies that
18the requirements of this subsection were met and that the buyer
19is the legal owner of the horse. As of the time of the delivery
20of the private sale certificate, the original horse owner shall
21have no claim of right, title, or interest in the horse. The
22application of the sale proceeds shall be as provided in
23subsection (e).
24    (g) A lien created pursuant to this Section attaches as of
25the date the horse is brought to the stable and shall be
26superior to any other lien or security interest except for a

 

 

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1statutory lien or security interest which is perfected through
2a proper filing prior to the beginning of the boarding.
3(Source: R.S. 1874, p. 665.)