Full Text of HB4602 100th General Assembly
HB4602 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4602 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person may not recklessly permit a dog that is owned, harbored, or controlled by the person and off its owner's property or at large to cause injury to or the death of a guide, hearing, or support dog. Provides that a person convicted of this offense is guilty of a petty offense if the dog is not killed or totally disabled and is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the dog. Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this offense is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bill and replacement costs of the dog.
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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 as follows:
| 6 | | (510 ILCS 70/7.15)
| 7 | | Sec. 7.15. Guide, hearing, and support dogs.
| 8 | | (a) A person may not willfully and maliciously annoy, | 9 | | taunt, tease, harass,
torment, beat, or strike a guide, | 10 | | hearing, or support dog or otherwise engage
in any conduct | 11 | | directed toward a guide, hearing, or support dog that is likely
| 12 | | to impede or interfere with the dog's performance of its duties | 13 | | or that places
the blind, hearing impaired, or person with a | 14 | | physical disability being served or
assisted by the dog in | 15 | | danger of injury.
| 16 | | (b) A person may not willfully and maliciously torture, | 17 | | injure, or kill a
guide, hearing, or support dog.
| 18 | | (c) A person may not willfully and maliciously permit a dog | 19 | | that is owned,
harbored, or controlled by the person to cause | 20 | | injury to or the death of a
guide, hearing, or support dog | 21 | | while the guide, hearing, or support dog is in
discharge of its | 22 | | duties .
| 23 | | (c-5) A person may not recklessly permit a dog that is |
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| 1 | | owned, harbored, or controlled by the person and off its | 2 | | owner's property or at large to cause injury to or the death of | 3 | | a guide, hearing, or support dog. | 4 | | (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | 5 | | of a Class A
misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a | 6 | | Class 4 felony. A person
convicted of violating subsection (b) | 7 | | or (c) of this Section is guilty of a
Class 4 felony if the dog | 8 | | is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered
by the court | 9 | | to make restitution to the person with a disability having | 10 | | custody or
ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and | 11 | | replacement costs of the dog. A person convicted of violating | 12 | | subsection (c-5) of this Section is guilty of a petty offense | 13 | | if the dog is not killed or totally disabled. A person | 14 | | convicted of violating subsection (c-5) of this Section is | 15 | | guilty of a Class C misdemeanor if the dog is killed or totally | 16 | | disabled, and may be ordered by the court to make restitution | 17 | | to the person with a disability having custody or ownership of | 18 | | the dog for veterinary bills and replacement costs of the dog. | 19 | | A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of | 20 | | subsection (c-5) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony | 21 | | if the dog is killed or totally disabled, and may be ordered by | 22 | | the court to make restitution to the person with a disability | 23 | | having custody or ownership of the dog for veterinary bill and | 24 | | replacement costs of the dog. The remedies provided in this | 25 | | Section are in addition to any other remedies provided by law.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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