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92_HB5793

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning agriculture.

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

 4        Section 1. Short title.  This Act may  be  cited  as  the
 5    Farm  Animal  and  Agricultural  Crop and Research Facilities
 6    Protection Act.

 7        Section 5. Definitions.  As used  within  this  Act,  the
 8    following terms have the following meanings:
 9        "Actual   and   consequential  damages"  include  damages
10    involving production,  research,  testing,  replacement,  and
11    crop  or  animal  development  costs  directly related to the
12    agricultural field crop or animal that has  been  damaged  or
13    destroyed.
14        "Animal"  means  any  warm-blooded or cold-blooded animal
15    that is used for food, fur, or fiber production, agriculture,
16    research, testing, or  education  and  includes  dogs,  cats,
17    poultry, fish, swine, livestock, and invertebrates.
18        "Animal   facility"   includes   any  vehicle,  building,
19    structure, research facility, or premises where an animal  is
20    kept,  housed,  handled,  exhibited, bred, raised, or offered
21    for sale or purchase.
22        "Consent"  means  assent  in  fact,  whether  express  or
23    apparent.
24        "Deprive" means to withhold an animal or  other  property
25    from  the owner permanently or for such an extended period of
26    time that a major portion of the value or  enjoyment  of  the
27    animal or property is lost to the owner.
28        "Effective  consent" includes consent by a person legally
29    authorized to act for the owner. Consent is not deemed to  be
30    effective if:
31             (1)  induced by force or threat;
 
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 1             (2)  given  by  a  person  the offender knows is not
 2        legally authorized to act for the owner; or
 3             (3)  given by a  person  who  by  reason  of  youth,
 4        mental  disease  or defect, or the influence of a drug or
 5        alcohol is known by the offender to be unable to  make  a
 6        reasonable decision.
 7        "Notice" means:
 8             (1)  oral  or  written communication by the owner or
 9        someone with apparent authority to act for the owner;
10             (2)  fencing or other enclosure  obviously  designed
11        to exclude intruders or to contain animals; or
12             (3)  a  sign  or  signs posted on the property or at
13        the entrance to the building, reasonably likely  to  come
14        to  the  attention of intruders, indicating that entry is
15        forbidden.
16        "Owner" means a person who has  title  to  the  property,
17    possession of the property, whether lawful or otherwise, or a
18    greater right to possession of the property than the actor in
19    question.
20        "Person" means any individual, state agency, corporation,
21    association,  nonprofit  corporation,  joint  stock  company,
22    firm, trust, partnership, 2 or more persons having a joint or
23    common interest, or other legal entity.
24        "Possession"  means the actual care, custody, control, or
25    management.
26        "Research  facility"   means   any   place,   laboratory,
27    institution,   medical   care  facility,  elementary  school,
28    secondary school, or public or private college or  university
29    at  which  any  scientific test, experiment, or investigation
30    involving the use of any living animal or  agricultural  crop
31    product is carried out, conducted, or attempted.

32        Section 10. Prohibitions.
33        (a)  No  person  shall,  without the effective consent of
 
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 1    the owner and  with  the  intent  to  damage  the  enterprise
 2    conducted  at an animal facility, damage or destroy an animal
 3    facility or any animal or property on an animal facility.
 4        (b)  No person shall, without the  effective  consent  of
 5    the  owner,  acquire  or  otherwise  exercise control over an
 6    animal facility, an animal from an animal facility, or  other
 7    property  from an animal facility, with the intent to deprive
 8    the owner of that facility, animal, or property and to damage
 9    the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.
10        (c)  No person shall, without the  effective  consent  of
11    the  owner  and  with  the  intent  to  damage the enterprise
12    conducted at the animal facility:
13             (1)  enter an animal facility, not then open to  the
14        public,  with  the  intent to commit an act prohibited by
15        this Section;
16             (2)  remain concealed, with intent to commit an  act
17        prohibited by this Section, in an animal facility;
18             (3)  enter  an animal facility and commit or attempt
19        to commit an act prohibited by this Section; or
20             (4)  enter an animal facility to  take  pictures  by
21        photograph, video camera, or by any other means.
22        (d)  No  person  shall,  without the effective consent of
23    the owner and  with  the  intent  to  damage  the  enterprise
24    conducted  at  the  animal  facility,  enter  or remain on an
25    animal facility if the person:
26             (1)  had notice that the entry was forbidden; or
27             (2)  received notice to depart but failed to do so.
28        (e)  No person shall, without the  effective  consent  of
29    the  owner  and  with  the  intent  to  damage or destroy the
30    agricultural  field  crop  product,  damage  or  destroy  any
31    agricultural field crop product that is grown  for  sale  for
32    profit  or in the context of a product development program in
33    conjunction or coordination with a private research facility,
34    public or private college  or  university,  or  any  federal,
 
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 1    state, or local government agency.
 2        (f)  No  person  shall,  without the effective consent of
 3    the owner, enter any property  with  the  intent  to  damage,
 4    destroy, or hinder future crop yields that are grown for sale
 5    for profit or in the context of a product development program
 6    in  conjunction  or  coordination  with  a  private  research
 7    facility,  public  or  private  college or university, or any
 8    federal, state, or local government agency.

 9        Section 15. Penalties.
10        (a)  Violation of subsection (a), (e), or (f) of  Section
11    10   is   a   Class  3  felony,  if  the  facility,  animals,
12    agricultural field crop product, or property that is  damaged
13    or destroyed has a value of $20,000 or more.
14        (b)  Violation  of subsection (a), (e), or (f) of Section
15    10 is a  Class  A  misdemeanor,  if  the  facility,  animals,
16    agricultural  field crop product, or property that is damaged
17    or destroyed has a value of $5,000  or  more  but  less  than
18    $20,000.
19        (c)  Violation  of subsection (a), (e), or (f) of Section
20    10 is a  Class  C  misdemeanor,  if  the  facility,  animals,
21    agricultural  field crop product, or property that is damaged
22    or destroyed has a value of less than $5,000.
23        (d)  Violation of subsection (b) of Section 10 is a Class
24    A misdemeanor.
25        (e)  Violation of subsection (c) or  (d)  is  a  Class  B
26    misdemeanor.
27        The  provisions  of  this  Section do not, in any manner,
28    apply to lawful activities  of  any  governmental  agency  or
29    employees  or  agents  thereof  carrying  out their duties as
30    prescribed by law.

31        Section 20. Damages.
32        (a)  Any person who  sustains  damages  by  reason  of  a
 
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 1    violation  of  this  Act  may bring a private cause of action
 2    against the person causing the damage to recover:
 3             (1)  an amount equal to triple  the  amount  of  all
 4        actual and consequential damages; and
 5             (2)  all court costs and reasonable attorney fees.
 6        (b)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed as affecting
 7    any other right of a person  who  has  sustained  damages  by
 8    reason of a violation of this Act.

 9        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
10    becoming law.

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