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| Public Act 096-1219 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Dangerous Animals Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 0.1 and 1 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 585/0.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 240)
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Sec. 0.1. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||
context otherwise requires:
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"Dangerous animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, | ||||
jaguar, cheetah,
margay, mountain lion, lynx, bobcat, | ||||
jaguarundi, bear, hyena, wolf or
coyote, or any poisonous or | ||||
life-threatening reptile.
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"Owner" means any person who (a) has a right of property in | ||||
a dangerous
animal or primate, (b) keeps or harbors a dangerous | ||||
animal or primate, (c) has a dangerous animal
or primate in his | ||||
care, or (d) acts as custodian of a dangerous animal or | ||||
primate.
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"Person" means any individual, firm, association, | ||||
partnership,
corporation, or other legal entity, any public or | ||||
private institution, the
State of Illinois, or any municipal | ||||
corporation or political subdivision of the State.
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"Primate" means a nonhuman member of the order primate, | ||||
including but not limited to chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, | ||||
bonobo, gibbon, monkey, lemur, loris, aye-aye, and tarsier. | ||
(Source: P.A. 84-28.)
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(720 ILCS 585/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 241)
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Sec. 1. Dangerous animals and primates; prohibitions. | ||
(a) No person shall have a right of property in, keep, | ||
harbor,
care for, act as custodian
of or maintain in
his | ||
possession any dangerous animal or primate except at a properly | ||
maintained zoological
park, federally licensed
exhibit, | ||
circus, college or university, scientific or
educational | ||
institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital, hound | ||
running area, or animal
refuge in an escape-proof enclosure. | ||
(b) This Section does not prohibit a person who had lawful | ||
possession of a primate before January 1, 2011, from continuing | ||
to possess that primate if the person registers the animal by | ||
providing written notification to the local animal control | ||
administrator on or before April 1, 2011. The notification | ||
shall include: | ||
(1) the person's name, address, and telephone number; | ||
and | ||
(2) the type of primate, the age, a photograph, a | ||
description of any tattoo, microchip, or other identifying | ||
information, and a list of current inoculations. | ||
(c) A person who registers a primate shall notify the local | ||
animal control administrator within 30 days of a change of | ||
address. If the person moves to another locality within the | ||
State, the person shall register the primate with the new local | ||
animal control administrator within 30 days of moving by | ||
providing written notification as provided in subsection (b) | ||
and shall include proof of the prior registration. | ||
(d) A person who registers a primate shall notify the local | ||
animal control administrator immediately if the primate dies, | ||
escapes, or bites, scratches, or injures a person.
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(e) This Section does not prohibit a person who is | ||
permanently disabled with a severe mobility impairment from | ||
possessing a single capuchin monkey to assist the person in | ||
performing daily tasks if: | ||
(1) the capuchin monkey was obtained from and trained | ||
at a licensed nonprofit organization described in Section | ||
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the | ||
nonprofit tax status of which was obtained on the basis of | ||
a mission to improve the quality of life of severely | ||
mobility-impaired individuals; and | ||
(2) the person complies with the notification | ||
requirements as described in subsection (b). | ||
(Source: P.A. 95-196, eff. 1-1-08.)
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