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92_SB0629
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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 Sections 2.07 and 4.01 as follows:
6 (510 ILCS 70/2.07) (from Ch. 8, par. 702.07)
7 Sec. 2.07. Person. "Person" means any individual,
8 minor, firm, corporation, partnership, other business unit,
9 society, association, or other legal entity, any public or
10 private institution, the State of Illinois, or any municipal
11 corporation or political subdivision of the State.
12 (Source: P.A. 78-905.)
13 (510 ILCS 70/4.01) (from Ch. 8, par. 704.01)
14 Sec. 4.01. Prohibitions.
15 (a) No person may own, capture, breed, train, or lease
16 any animal which he or she knows or should know is intended
17 for use in any show, exhibition, program, or other activity
18 featuring or otherwise involving a fight between such animal
19 and any other animal or human, or the intentional killing of
20 any animal for the purpose of sport, wagering, or
21 entertainment.
22 (b) No person shall promote, conduct, carry on,
23 advertise, collect money for or in any other manner assist
24 or aid in the presentation for purposes of sport, wagering,
25 or entertainment, any show, exhibition, program, or other
26 activity involving a fight between 2 or more animals or any
27 animal and human, or the intentional killing of any animal.
28 (c) No person shall sell or offer for sale, ship,
29 transport, or otherwise move, or deliver or receive any
30 animal which he or she knows or should know has been
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1 captured, bred, or trained, or will be used, to fight another
2 animal or human or be intentionally killed, for the purpose
3 of sport, wagering, or entertainment.
4 (d) No person shall manufacture for sale, shipment,
5 transportation or delivery any device or equipment which that
6 person knows or should know is intended for use in any show,
7 exhibition, program, or other activity featuring or otherwise
8 involving a fight between 2 or more animals, or any human and
9 animal, or the intentional killing of any animal for purposes
10 of sport, wagering or entertainment.
11 (e) No person shall own, possess, sell or offer for
12 sale, ship, transport, or otherwise move any equipment or
13 device which such person knows or should know is intended for
14 use in connection with any show, exhibition, program, or
15 activity featuring or otherwise involving a fight between 2
16 or more animals, or any animal and human, or the intentional
17 killing of any animal for purposes of sport, wagering or
18 entertainment.
19 (f) No person shall make available any site, structure,
20 or facility, whether enclosed or not, which he or she knows
21 or should know is intended to be used for the purpose of
22 conducting any show, exhibition, program, or other activity
23 involving a fight between 2 or more animals, or any animal
24 and human, or the intentional killing of any animal.
25 (g) No person shall attend or otherwise patronize any
26 show, exhibition, program, or other activity featuring or
27 otherwise involving a fight between 2 or more animals, or any
28 animal and human, or the intentional killing of any animal
29 for the purposes of sport, wagering or entertainment.
30 (h) No person shall tie or attach or fasten any live
31 animal to any machine or device propelled by any power for
32 the purpose of causing such animal to be pursued by a dog or
33 dogs. This subsection (h) shall apply only when such dog is
34 intended to be used in a dog fight.
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1 (i) Any animals or equipment involved in a violation of
2 this Section shall be immediately seized and impounded under
3 Section 12 by the Department when located at any show,
4 exhibition, program, or other activity featuring or otherwise
5 involving an animal fight. The equipment shall be destroyed,
6 and the animals humanely euthanized as approved by the
7 Department after attempts to find the animals' owners have
8 been exhausted.
9 (j) Any vehicle or conveyance other than a common
10 carrier that is used in violation of this Section shall be
11 seized, held, and offered for sale at public auction by the
12 sheriff's department of the proper jurisdiction, and the
13 proceeds from the sale shall be remitted to the general fund
14 of the the county where the violation took place.
15 (k) Any veterinarian in this State who is presented with
16 an animal for treatment of injuries or wounds resulting from
17 fighting where there is a reasonable possibility that the
18 animal was engaged in or utilized for a fighting event shall
19 file a report with the Department and cooperate by furnishing
20 the owners' names, dates, and descriptions of the animal or
21 animals involved.
22 (l) No person shall conspire or solicit a minor to
23 violate this Section. A violation of this subsection is a
24 Class A misdemeanor.
25 (Source: P.A. 87-819.)