Executive Committee
Filed: 3/2/2005
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 315
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 315 by replacing the | ||||||
3 | title with the following: | ||||||
4 | "AN ACT concerning animals, which may be referred to as the | ||||||
5 | Anna Cieslewicz Act."; and
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6 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
7 | following: | ||||||
8 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population Control | ||||||
10 | Act. | ||||||
11 | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds the | ||||||
12 | following:
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13 | (1) The number of unwanted or dangerous dogs and cats | ||||||
14 | has placed financial and logistic burden upon Illinois | ||||||
15 | counties and municipalities and presents a threat to public | ||||||
16 | safety. | ||||||
17 | (2) Reducing the number of unwanted or dangerous dogs | ||||||
18 | will work to lessen the administrative and operational | ||||||
19 | tasks and the amount of revenue expended by counties and | ||||||
20 | municipalities for animal control. | ||||||
21 | (3) An increase in rabies-vaccinated and spayed or | ||||||
22 | neutered pets will work to reduce the number of unwanted or | ||||||
23 | dangerous dogs and cats. |
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1 | (4) Access to statewide information and a means to | ||||||
2 | procure rabies vaccinations and spayed or neuter service to | ||||||
3 | financially disadvantaged pet owners will reduce the | ||||||
4 | number of unwanted and dangerous animals, promote public | ||||||
5 | safety, and assist counties and municipalities. | ||||||
6 | (5) This Act is established to provide a means by which | ||||||
7 | population control and rabies vaccinations may be | ||||||
8 | financed.
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9 | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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10 | "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
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11 | "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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12 | "Companion animal" means any domestic dog (canis lupus | ||||||
13 | familiaris) or domestic cat
(felis catus).
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14 | "Farm dog" means a dog that resides on a farming business. | ||||||
15 | "Fund" means the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal | ||||||
16 | Population Control Fund established in this Act.
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17 | Section 15. Income tax checkoff. Each individual income tax | ||||||
18 | payer may contribute to the Illinois Public Health and Safety | ||||||
19 | Animal Population Control Fund through the income tax checkoff | ||||||
20 | described in Section 507EE of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
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21 | Section 20. Program established. The Department shall | ||||||
22 | establish and implement an Illinois Public Health and Safety | ||||||
23 | Animal Population Control Program by December 31, 2005. The | ||||||
24 | purpose of this program is to reduce the population of unwanted | ||||||
25 | and stray dogs and cats in Illinois by encouraging the owners | ||||||
26 | of dogs and cats to have them permanently sexually sterilized | ||||||
27 | and vaccinated, thereby reducing potential threats to public | ||||||
28 | health and safety. The program shall begin collecting funds on | ||||||
29 | January 1, 2006 and shall begin distributing funds for | ||||||
30 | vaccinations, spaying and neutering operations, or chemical | ||||||
31 | sterilizations in January, 2007. No dog or cat imported from |
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1 | another state is eligible to be sterilized or vaccinated under | ||||||
2 | this program. Beginning June 30, 2007, the Director must make | ||||||
3 | an annual written report relative to the progress of the | ||||||
4 | program to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the | ||||||
5 | House of Representatives, and the Governor.
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6 | Section 25. Eligibility to participate. A resident of the | ||||||
7 | State who owns a dog or cat and who is eligible for the Food | ||||||
8 | Stamp Program, the Medicaid Program, or the Disability | ||||||
9 | Insurance Benefits Program shall be eligible to participate in | ||||||
10 | the program at a reduced rate if the owner signs a consent form | ||||||
11 | certifying that he or she is the owner of the dog or cat or is | ||||||
12 | authorized by the owner to present the dog or cat for the | ||||||
13 | procedure. A resident of this State who is managing a feral cat | ||||||
14 | colony and who humanely traps feral cats for spaying or | ||||||
15 | neutering and return is eligible to participate in the program | ||||||
16 | provided the trap, spay, neuter, and return program is | ||||||
17 | recognized by the municipality or by the county, if it is | ||||||
18 | located in an unincorporated area. The sterilization shall be | ||||||
19 | performed by a voluntarily participating veterinarian or | ||||||
20 | veterinary student under the supervision of a veterinarian. The | ||||||
21 | co-payment for the cat or dog sterilization procedure and | ||||||
22 | vaccinations shall be $15.
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23 | Section 30. Veterinarian participation. Any veterinarian | ||||||
24 | may participate in the program established under this Act. The | ||||||
25 | Director shall establish a reasonable schedule of rates for | ||||||
26 | reimbursement of examination, presurgical immunization, and | ||||||
27 | sterilization services specified in this Act. | ||||||
28 | The Director shall reimburse, to the extent funds are | ||||||
29 | available, participating veterinarians for each dog or cat | ||||||
30 | sterilization procedure administered. To receive this | ||||||
31 | reimbursement, the veterinarian must submit a dog or cat | ||||||
32 | preauthorization sterilization or vaccination certificate on a |
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1 | form approved by the Director that must be signed by the | ||||||
2 | veterinarian and the owner of the dog or cat or the feral cat | ||||||
3 | caretaker. The Director shall notify all participating | ||||||
4 | veterinarians if the program must be suspended for any period | ||||||
5 | due to a lack of revenue and shall also notify all | ||||||
6 | participating veterinarians when the program will resume. | ||||||
7 | Veterinarians who voluntarily participate in this | ||||||
8 | sterilization and vaccination program may decline to treat | ||||||
9 | feral cats if they choose.
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10 | For all dogs or cats sterilized under this Act, the | ||||||
11 | Director shall also reimburse, to the extent funds are | ||||||
12 | available, participating veterinarians for (1) an examination | ||||||
13 | fee and the presurgical immunization of dogs against rabies and | ||||||
14 | other diseases pursuant to Department rules or (2) examination | ||||||
15 | fees and the presurgical immunizations of cats against rabies | ||||||
16 | and other diseases pursuant to Department rules. Reimbursement | ||||||
17 | for the full cost of the covered presurgical immunizations | ||||||
18 | shall be made by the Director to the participating veterinarian | ||||||
19 | upon the written certification, signed by the veterinarian and | ||||||
20 | the owner of the companion animal or the feral cat caretaker, | ||||||
21 | that the immunization has been administered. There shall be no | ||||||
22 | additional charges to the owner of a dog or cat sterilized | ||||||
23 | under this Act or feral cat caretaker for examination fees or | ||||||
24 | the presurgical immunizations.
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25 | Section 35. Rulemaking. The Director shall adopt rules | ||||||
26 | relative to:
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27 | (1) Other immunizations covered.
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28 | (2) Format and content of all forms required under this | ||||||
29 | Act.
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30 | (3) Proof of eligibility.
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31 | (4) Administration of the Fund.
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32 | (5) Any other matter necessary for the administration | ||||||
33 | of this Act.
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1 | Section 40. Enforcement; administrative fine. Any person | ||||||
2 | who knowingly falsifies proof of eligibility for or | ||||||
3 | participation in any program under this Act, knowingly | ||||||
4 | furnishes any licensed veterinarian with inaccurate | ||||||
5 | information concerning the ownership of a dog or cat submitted | ||||||
6 | for a sterilization procedure, or violates any provision of | ||||||
7 | this Act may be subject to an administrative fine not to exceed | ||||||
8 | $500 for each violation.
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9 | Section 45. Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal | ||||||
10 | Population Control Fund.
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11 | (a) The Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population | ||||||
12 | Control Fund is established as a special fund in the State | ||||||
13 | treasury. The moneys generated from the fees collected under | ||||||
14 | subsection (b) of this Section, from Section 507EE of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Income Tax Act, and from voluntary contributions must | ||||||
16 | be kept in the Fund and shall be used only to sterilize and | ||||||
17 | vaccinate dogs and cats in this State pursuant to the program, | ||||||
18 | to promote the sterilization program, to educate the public | ||||||
19 | about the importance of spaying and neutering, for grants to | ||||||
20 | counties and municipalities under the local grant program | ||||||
21 | established under this Section, and for reasonable | ||||||
22 | administrative and personnel costs related to the Fund. Ten | ||||||
23 | percent of the Fund shall be set aside and allocated each year | ||||||
24 | to the University of Illinois Veterinary School Urban Practice | ||||||
25 | Project of the Anthrozoologic Initiative to spay, neuter, and | ||||||
26 | vaccinate animals in underserved areas of Illinois.
Twenty | ||||||
27 | percent of the Fund shall be set aside for a local grant | ||||||
28 | program administered by the Department under the rules | ||||||
29 | established by the Department, through which counties and | ||||||
30 | municipalities that offer spaying and neutering services shall | ||||||
31 | receive reimbursement for a portion of their expenses in | ||||||
32 | offering those services. |
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1 | (b) Beginning January 1, 2006, each time a rabies tag is | ||||||
2 | issued by a veterinarian or county, the collecting entity | ||||||
3 | established by county ordinance shall collect a $3 public | ||||||
4 | safety fee on each vaccinated dog required to be registered | ||||||
5 | under the Animal Control Act. The fees shall be remitted for | ||||||
6 | the Department for deposit in the Fund on a quarterly basis. | ||||||
7 | Farm dogs and feral cats are exempt from the requirement of | ||||||
8 | this subsection.
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9 | Section 905. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | ||||||
10 | Section 8h and by adding Section 5.640 as follows: | ||||||
11 | (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 5.640. Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal | ||||||
13 | Population Control Fund. | ||||||
14 | (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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15 | Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. | ||||||
16 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding | ||||||
17 | any other
State law to the contrary, the Governor
may, through | ||||||
18 | June 30, 2007, from time to time direct the State Treasurer and | ||||||
19 | Comptroller to transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by | ||||||
20 | the State Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to | ||||||
21 | help defray the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. | ||||||
22 | The total transfer under this Section from any fund in any
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23 | fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the | ||||||
24 | revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | ||||||
25 | or (ii) an amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% | ||||||
26 | of the July 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year | ||||||
27 | 2005 only, prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final | ||||||
28 | balances, the Governor may calculate and direct the State | ||||||
29 | Treasurer with the Comptroller to transfer additional amounts | ||||||
30 | determined by applying the formula authorized in Public Act | ||||||
31 | 93-839
this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to the |
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1 | funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may be made from a | ||||||
2 | fund under this Section that would have the
effect of reducing | ||||||
3 | the available balance in the fund to an amount less than
the | ||||||
4 | amount remaining unexpended and unreserved from the total | ||||||
5 | appropriation
from that fund estimated to be expended for that | ||||||
6 | fiscal year. This Section does not apply to any
funds that are | ||||||
7 | restricted by federal law to a specific use, to any funds in
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8 | the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Hospital Provider Fund, or the | ||||||
9 | Medicaid Provider Relief Fund, or the Reviewing Court | ||||||
10 | Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, or to any
funds to which | ||||||
11 | subsection (f) of Section 20-40 of the Nursing and Advanced | ||||||
12 | Practice Nursing Act applies. No transfers may be made under | ||||||
13 | this Section from the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal | ||||||
14 | Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding any
other provision | ||||||
15 | of this Section, for fiscal year 2004,
the total transfer under | ||||||
16 | this Section from the Road Fund or the State
Construction | ||||||
17 | Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the | ||||||
18 | revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | ||||||
19 | or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund.
For fiscal | ||||||
20 | year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be | ||||||
21 | transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State | ||||||
22 | Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
23 | Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund, or | ||||||
24 | the Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
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25 | In determining the available balance in a fund, the | ||||||
26 | Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and | ||||||
27 | other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that | ||||||
28 | fiscal year.
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29 | The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the | ||||||
30 | amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be | ||||||
31 | practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the | ||||||
32 | Governor.
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33 | (b) This Section does not apply to any fund established | ||||||
34 | under the Community Senior Services and Resources Act.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-674, | ||||||
2 | eff. 6-10-04; 93-714, eff. 7-12-04; 93-801, eff. 7-22-04; | ||||||
3 | 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1054, eff. 11-18-04; revised | ||||||
4 | 12-1-04.)
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5 | Section 910. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 507EE as follows: | ||||||
7 | (35 ILCS 5/507EE new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 507EE. Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal | ||||||
9 | Population Control Fund checkoff. The Department must print on | ||||||
10 | its standard individual income tax form a provision indicating | ||||||
11 | that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Public Health and Safety Animal Population Control Fund, as | ||||||
13 | established in the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal | ||||||
14 | Population Control Act, he or she may do so by stating the | ||||||
15 | amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the return and | ||||||
16 | that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or | ||||||
17 | increase the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure | ||||||
18 | to remit any amount of increased payment reduces the | ||||||
19 | contribution accordingly. This Section does not apply to any | ||||||
20 | amended return. | ||||||
21 | The Department of Revenue shall determine annually the | ||||||
22 | total amount contributed to the Fund pursuant to this Section | ||||||
23 | and shall notify the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer | ||||||
24 | of the amount to be transferred to the Illinois Public Health | ||||||
25 | and Safety Animal Population Control Fund, and upon receipt of | ||||||
26 | the notification the State Comptroller shall transfer the | ||||||
27 | amount.
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28 | Section 915. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing | ||||||
29 | Section 3 as follows:
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30 | (510 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 8, par. 353)
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1 | Sec. 3. The County Board Chairman
with the consent of the | ||||||
2 | County Board
shall appoint an Administrator. Appointments | ||||||
3 | shall be made as
necessary to keep this position filled at all | ||||||
4 | times. The Administrator
may appoint as many Deputy | ||||||
5 | Administrators and Animal Control Wardens to
aid him or her as | ||||||
6 | authorized by the Board. The compensation for the
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7 | Administrator, Deputy Administrators, and Animal Control | ||||||
8 | Wardens shall
be fixed by the Board. The Administrator may be | ||||||
9 | removed from office by
the County Board Chairman, with the | ||||||
10 | consent of the County Board.
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11 | The Board shall provide necessary personnel, training, | ||||||
12 | equipment,
supplies, and
facilities, and shall operate pounds | ||||||
13 | or contract for their operation as
necessary to effectuate the | ||||||
14 | program. The Board may enter into contracts
or agreements with | ||||||
15 | persons to assist in the operation of the program.
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16 | The Board shall be empowered to utilize monies from their | ||||||
17 | General
Corporate Fund to effectuate the intent of this Act.
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18 | The Board
is authorized by ordinance to require the | ||||||
19 | registration and
microchipping of
dogs
and cats
and
shall
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20 | impose an individual
animal and litter registration fee to be | ||||||
21 | deposited in a county animal control fund. In addition to the | ||||||
22 | rabies registration fee, pursuant to the Illinois Public Health | ||||||
23 | and Safety Animal Population Control Act, a $3 public safety | ||||||
24 | fee on each dog shall be collected and forwarded quarterly to | ||||||
25 | the Department of Public Health for deposit in the Illinois | ||||||
26 | Public Health and Safety Animal Population Control Fund . All | ||||||
27 | persons
selling dogs or cats or keeping registries of dogs or | ||||||
28 | cats shall
cooperate and
provide
information
to the | ||||||
29 | Administrator as required by Board ordinance, including sales,
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30 | number of litters, and
ownership
of dogs and cats. If | ||||||
31 | microchips are required, the microchip number may
shall
serve | ||||||
32 | as the county animal
control registration number. All
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33 | microchips shall have an operating frequency of 125 kilohertz.
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34 | In obtaining information required to implement this Act, |
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1 | the Department
shall have power to subpoena and bring before it | ||||||
2 | any person in this State
and to take testimony either orally or | ||||||
3 | by deposition, or both, with the
same fees and mileage and in | ||||||
4 | the same manner as prescribed by law for civil
cases in courts | ||||||
5 | of this State.
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6 | The Director shall have power to
administer
oaths to | ||||||
7 | witnesses at any hearing which the Department is authorized by
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8 | law to conduct, and any other oaths required or authorized in | ||||||
9 | any Act
administered
by the Department.
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10 | This Section does not apply to farm dogs or feral cats. As | ||||||
11 | used in this Section, "farm dog" means a dog that resides on a | ||||||
12 | farming business.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 93-548, eff. 8-19-03.)
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14 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.".
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