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92_HB0052

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Humane Care for Animals Act by adding
 2    Section 4.05 and changing Section 16.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by
 6    adding Section 4.05 and changing Section 16 as follows:

 7        (510 ILCS 70/4.05 new)
 8        Sec.  4.05.  Greyhound  race  simulcast  prohibited.   No
 9    person shall transmit or  receive  interstate  or  intrastate
10    simulcasting  of  greyhound  races for commercial purposes in
11    this State.

12        (510 ILCS 70/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 716)
13        Sec. 16.  Violations; punishment; injunctions.
14        (a)  Any person convicted of violating Sections 5,  5.01,
15    or  6  of  this Act  or any rule, regulation, or order of the
16    Department  pursuant  thereto,  is  guilty  of  a   Class   C
17    misdemeanor.
18             (b)(1)  This subsection (b) does not apply where the
19        only animals involved in the violation are dogs.
20             (2)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
21        (a), (b), (c) or (h) of Section 4.01 of this Act  or  any
22        rule,  regulation,  or  order  of the Department pursuant
23        thereto, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
24             (3)  A second or subsequent  offense  involving  the
25        violation  of  subsection (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01
26        of this Act or any rule,  regulation,  or  order  of  the
27        Department pursuant thereto is a Class 4 felony.
28             (4)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
29        (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
30        regulation,  or order of the Department pursuant thereto,
 
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 1        is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
 2             (5)  Any person convicted  of  violating  subsection
 3        (g)  of Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation,
 4        or order of the Department pursuant thereto is guilty  of
 5        a Class C misdemeanor.
 6             (c)(1)  This   subsection  (c)  applies  exclusively
 7        where the only animals  involved  in  the  violation  are
 8        dogs.
 9             (2)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
10        (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
11        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
12        guilty of a Class 4 felony and may be fined an amount not
13        to exceed $50,000.
14             (3)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
15        (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
16        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
17        guilty  of  Class  A  misdemeanor, if such person knew or
18        should have known that  the  device  or  equipment  under
19        subsection  (d)  or  (e)  of  that  Section  or the site,
20        structure  or  facility  under  subsection  (f)  of  that
21        Section was to be used to carry out a violation where the
22        only animals involved were dogs.  Where such  person  did
23        not  know  or should not reasonably have been expected to
24        know that the only animals involved in the violation were
25        dogs, the penalty shall be same as that provided  for  in
26        paragraph (4) of subsection (b).
27             (4)  Any  person  convicted  of violating subsection
28        (g) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,  regulation
29        or order of the Department pursuant thereto is  guilty of
30        a Class C misdemeanor.
31             (5)  A  second or subsequent violation of subsection
32        (a), (b) or (c) of Section 4.01 of this Act or any  rule,
33        regulation or order of the Department pursuant thereto is
34        a  Class  3  felony.  A second or subsequent violation of
 
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 1        subsection (d), (e) or (f) of Section 4.01 of this Act or
 2        any rule, regulation or order of the  Department  adopted
 3        pursuant  thereto  is  a  Class  3  felony,  if  in  each
 4        violation  the  person knew or should have known that the
 5        device or equipment under subsection (d) or (e)  of  that
 6        Section   or   the  site,  structure  or  facility  under
 7        subsection (f) of that Section was to be  used  to  carry
 8        out  a  violation  where  the  only animals involved were
 9        dogs.  Where such person  did  not  know  or  should  not
10        reasonably  have  been  expected  to  know  that the only
11        animals involved in the violation were dogs, a second  or
12        subsequent  violation  of  subsection  (d), (e) or (f) of
13        Section 4.01 of this Act or any rule, regulation or order
14        of the Department adopted pursuant thereto is a  Class  A
15        misdemeanor.    A   second  or  subsequent  violation  of
16        subsection (g) is a Class B misdemeanor.
17             (6)  Any person convicted of violating Section  3.01
18        of this Act is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.  A second
19        conviction  for  a violation of Section 3.01 is a Class B
20        misdemeanor.  A third  or  subsequent  conviction  for  a
21        violation of Section 3.01 is a Class  A misdemeanor.
22             (7)  Any  person convicted of violating Section 4.03
23        is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
24             (8)  Any person convicted of violating Section  4.04
25        is  guilty  of  a Class A misdemeanor where the animal is
26        not killed or totally disabled,  but  if  the  animal  is
27        killed or totally disabled such person shall be guilty of
28        a Class 4 felony.
29             (8.5)  A  person  convicted  of violating subsection
30        (a) of Section 7.15 is guilty of a Class  B  misdemeanor.
31        A  person convicted of violating subsection (b) or (c) of
32        Section 7.15 is (i) guilty of a Class  A  misdemeanor  if
33        the dog is not killed or totally disabled and (ii) if the
34        dog  is  killed  or totally disabled, guilty of a Class 4
 
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 1        felony  and  may  be  ordered  by  the  court   to   make
 2        restitution  to  the  disabled  person  having custody or
 3        ownership of the dog for veterinary bills and replacement
 4        costs of the dog.
 5             (9)  Any person convicted  of  violating  any  other
 6        provision  of this Act, or any rule, regulation, or order
 7        of the Department pursuant thereto, is guilty of a  Class
 8        C  misdemeanor  with every day that a violation continues
 9        constituting a separate offense.
10             (10)  A person convicted of violating  Section  4.05
11        is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
12        (d)  Any  person  convicted  of  violating Section 7.1 is
13    guilty of a petty offense.  A second or subsequent conviction
14    for a violation of Section 7.1 is a Class C misdemeanor.
15        (e)  Any person convicted of violating  Section  3.02  is
16    guilty  of  a  Class  A  misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent
17    violation is a Class 4 felony.
18        (f)  The Department may enjoin a person from a continuing
19    violation of this Act.
20        (g)  Any person convicted of violating  Section  3.03  is
21    guilty  of  a Class 4 felony.  A second or subsequent offense
22    is a Class 3 felony.  As a condition of the sentence  imposed
23    under  this  Section,  the  court shall order the offender to
24    undergo a psychological  or  psychiatric  evaluation  and  to
25    undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate
26    after due consideration of the evaluation.
27    (Source:  P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-80,  eff.  7-10-97;
28    91-291,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-351,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-357, eff.
29    7-29-99; revised 8-30-99.)

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