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| 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008SB0962
  Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. John M. Sullivan - Emil Jones, Jr.  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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510 ILCS 5/9 |   from Ch. 8, par. 359 | 
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    Amends the Animal Control Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning impounding
dogs.
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|  |  | SB0962 |  | LRB095 05793 CMK 25883 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning animals.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing  | 
| 5 |  | Section 9 as follows:
 
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| 6 |  |     (510 ILCS 5/9)  (from Ch. 8, par. 359)
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| 7 |  |     Sec. 9. Any dog found running at large contrary to  | 
| 8 |  | provisions of this Act
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be apprehended and
and impounded.  | 
| 9 |  | For this purpose, the Administrator shall
utilize any existing  | 
| 10 |  | or available animal control facility or licensed animal  | 
| 11 |  | shelter. The dog's owner shall pay a $25 public safety fine,  | 
| 12 |  | $20 of which shall be deposited into the Pet Population Control  | 
| 13 |  | Fund and $5 of which shall be retained by the county or  | 
| 14 |  | municipality. A dog found running at large contrary to the  | 
| 15 |  | provisions of this Act a second or subsequent time must be  | 
| 16 |  | spayed or neutered within 30 days after being reclaimed unless  | 
| 17 |  | already spayed or neutered; failure to comply shall result in  | 
| 18 |  | impoundment. | 
| 19 |  | (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05.)
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