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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Humane Care for Animals Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3.04 as follows:
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| 6 | (510 ILCS 70/3.04)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.04. Arrests and seizures; penalties.
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| 8 | (a) Any law enforcement officer making an arrest for an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | offense involving
one or more companion animals under Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03 of this Act
may lawfully take possession of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | some or all of the companion animals in the
possession of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | person arrested. The officer, after taking possession of the
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| 13 | companion animals, must file with the court before whom the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | complaint is made
against any person so arrested an affidavit | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | stating the name of the person
charged in the complaint, a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | description of the condition of the companion
animal or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | companion animals taken, and the time and place the companion | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | animal
or companion animals were taken, together with the name | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | of the person from
whom the companion animal or companion | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | animals were taken and name of the
person who claims to own the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | companion animal or companion animals if different
from the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | person from whom the companion animal or companion animals were
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| 23 | seized. He or she must at the same time deliver an inventory of | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | the companion
animal or companion animals taken to the court of | ||||||
| 2 | competent jurisdiction. The
officer must place the companion | ||||||
| 3 | animal or companion animals in the custody of
an animal control | ||||||
| 4 | or animal shelter and the agency must retain custody of the
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| 5 | companion animal or companion animals subject to an order of | ||||||
| 6 | the court
adjudicating the charges on the merits and before | ||||||
| 7 | which the person complained
against is required to appear for | ||||||
| 8 | trial. The State's Attorney may, within 14
days after the | ||||||
| 9 | seizure, file a "petition for forfeiture prior to trial" before
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| 10 | the court having criminal jurisdiction over the alleged | ||||||
| 11 | charges, asking for
permanent forfeiture of the companion | ||||||
| 12 | animals seized. The petition shall be
filed with the court, | ||||||
| 13 | with copies served on the impounding agency, the owner,
and | ||||||
| 14 | anyone claiming an interest in the animals. In a "petition for | ||||||
| 15 | forfeiture
prior to trial", the burden is on the prosecution to | ||||||
| 16 | prove by a preponderance
of the evidence that the person | ||||||
| 17 | arrested violated Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, or
4.01 of this Act | ||||||
| 18 | or Section 26-5 or 48-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
| 19 | Criminal Code of 2012.
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| 20 | (b) An owner whose companion animal or companion animals | ||||||
| 21 | are removed by a
law enforcement officer under this Section | ||||||
| 22 | must be given written notice of
the circumstances of the | ||||||
| 23 | removal and of any legal remedies available to him
or her. The | ||||||
| 24 | notice must be posted at the place of seizure, or delivered to
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| 25 | a person residing at the place of seizure or, if the address of | ||||||
| 26 | the owner is
different from the address of the person from whom | ||||||
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| 1 | the companion animal or
companion animals were seized, | ||||||
| 2 | delivered by registered mail to his or her last
known address.
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| 3 | (c) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon | ||||||
| 4 | conviction for
violating Sections 3, 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03 the | ||||||
| 5 | court shall may order the convicted
person to forfeit to an | ||||||
| 6 | animal control or animal shelter
the animal
or animals that are | ||||||
| 7 | the basis of the conviction. Upon an order of
forfeiture, the | ||||||
| 8 | convicted person is deemed to have permanently
relinquished all | ||||||
| 9 | rights to the animal or animals that are the basis of the
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| 10 | conviction. The forfeited animal or animals shall be adopted or | ||||||
| 11 | humanely
euthanized. In no event may the convicted person or | ||||||
| 12 | anyone residing in
his or her household be permitted to adopt | ||||||
| 13 | the forfeited animal or animals.
The court, additionally, may | ||||||
| 14 | order that the convicted person and persons
dwelling in the | ||||||
| 15 | same household as the convicted person who conspired, aided, or
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| 16 | abetted in the
unlawful act that was the basis of the | ||||||
| 17 | conviction, or who knew or should
have known of the unlawful | ||||||
| 18 | act, may not own, harbor, or have custody or
control of any | ||||||
| 19 | other animals for a period of time that the court deems
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| 20 | reasonable.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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