Full Text of HB4330 101st General Assembly
HB4330 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB4330 Introduced 1/29/2020, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 510 ILCS 70/2.01i new | | 510 ILCS 70/7.15 | |
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Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person may not willfully and maliciously annoy, harass, taunt, injure, kill, or otherwise harm any animal (rather than a guide, hearing, or support dog) that provides assistance to a person with a disability. Sets forth penalties. Defines "assistance animal". Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning animals.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7.15 and by adding Section 2.01i as follows: | 6 | | (510 ILCS 70/2.01i new) | 7 | | Sec. 2.01i. Assistance animal. "Assistance animal" means | 8 | | an animal trained by a licensed or certified person, | 9 | | organization, or agency to assist a person who has a physical, | 10 | | sensory, intellectual, developmental, psychiatric, or mental | 11 | | disability in one or more daily life activities. "Assistance | 12 | | animal" includes guide dogs, leader dogs, hearing ear dogs, and | 13 | | any animal trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit | 14 | | of a person with a disability, including, but not limited to: | 15 | | (1) pulling a wheelchair; | 16 | | (2) providing balance or stability support; | 17 | | (3) retrieving objects; and | 18 | | (4) providing assistance and support during a medical, | 19 | | psychological, or emotional crisis.
| 20 | | (510 ILCS 70/7.15)
| 21 | | Sec. 7.15. Assistance animal Guide, hearing, and support | 22 | | dogs .
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| 1 | | (a) A person may not willfully and maliciously annoy, | 2 | | taunt, tease, harass,
torment, beat, or strike an assistance | 3 | | animal a guide, hearing, or support dog or otherwise engage
in | 4 | | any conduct directed toward an assistance animal a guide, | 5 | | hearing, or support dog that is likely
to impede or interfere | 6 | | with the assistance animal's dog's performance of its duties or | 7 | | that places
the blind, hearing impaired, or person with a | 8 | | physical disability being served or
assisted by the assistance | 9 | | animal dog in danger of injury.
| 10 | | (b) A person may not willfully and maliciously torture, | 11 | | injure, or kill an assistance animal a
guide, hearing, or | 12 | | support dog .
| 13 | | (c) A person may not willfully and maliciously permit an | 14 | | animal a dog that is owned,
harbored, or controlled by the | 15 | | person to cause injury to or the death of an assistance animal | 16 | | a
guide, hearing, or support dog while the assistance animal | 17 | | guide, hearing, or support dog is in
discharge of its duties.
| 18 | | (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | 19 | | of a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a | 20 | | Class 4 felony. A person
convicted of violating subsection (b) | 21 | | or (c) of this Section is guilty of a
Class 4 felony if the | 22 | | assistance animal dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be | 23 | | ordered
by the court to make restitution to the person with a | 24 | | disability having custody or
ownership of the assistance animal | 25 | | dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the | 26 | | assistance animal dog .
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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