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70/4.03 . Teasing, striking or tampering with police animals,service animals, or search and rescue dogs prohibited.
70/4.04 . Injuring or killing police animals, service animals, or search and rescue dogs prohibited.
70/7.15 . Guide, hearing, and support dogs.
§ 3-12-16. Helping Paws Service Dog Program.
Chapter 775. Human Rights. Act 30. White Cane Law.
5/15.1 . Dangerous dog determination (Section (f) - exemption for guide dog).
Chapter 625. Vehicles. Act 60. Pedestrians with Disabilities Safety Act.
Chapter 775. Human Rights. Act 5. Illinois Human Rights Act. Article 3. Real Estate Transactions.
§ 2.01c. Service animal. “Service animal” means an animal trained in obedience and task skills to meet the needs of a person with a disability.
P.A. 78-905, § 2.01c, added by P.A. 92-454, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. Amended by P.A. 99-143, § 850, eff. July 27, 2015.
§ 2.01d. Search and rescue dog. “Search and rescue dog” means any dog that is trained or is certified to locate persons lost on land or in water.
P.A. 78-905, § 2.01d, added by P.A. 92-454, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
§ 4.03. Teasing, striking or tampering with police animals, service animals, accelerant detection dogs, or search and rescue dogs prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to (i) any animal used by a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her functions or duties, or when placed in confinement off duty, (ii) any service animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, (iv) any police, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or (v) any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty. It is unlawful for any person to interfere or meddle with (i) any animal used by a law enforcement department or agency or any handler thereof in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or agency, (ii) any service animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, (iv) any law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or (v) any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty.
P.A. 78-905, § 4.03, added by P.A. 85-800, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. Amended by P.A. 90-80, § 5, eff. July 10, 1997; P.A. 92-454, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; P.A. 92-650, § 5, eff. July 11, 2002; P.A. 96-1171, § 10, eff. July 22, 2010.
§ 4.04. Injuring or killing police animals, service animals, accelerant detection dogs, or search and rescue dogs prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill (i) any animal used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or agency or when placed in confinement off duty, (ii) any service animal, (iii) any search and rescue dog, (iv) any law enforcement, service, or search and rescue animal in training, or (v) any accelerant detection canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty. However, a police officer or veterinarian may perform euthanasia in emergency situations when delay would cause the animal undue suffering and pain.
P.A. 78-905, § 4.04, added by P.A. 85-800, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. Amended by P.A. 90-80, § 5, eff. July 10, 1997; P.A. 91-357, § 218, eff. July 29, 1999; P.A. 92-454, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; P.A. 92-650, § 5, eff. July 11, 2002; P.A. 95-331, § 980, eff. Aug. 21, 2007; P.A. 95-560, § 5, eff. Aug. 30, 2007; P.A. 96-1171, § 10, eff. July 22, 2010.
§ 7.15. Guide, hearing, and support dogs.
P.A. 78-905, § 7.15, added by P.A. 89-689, § 55, eff. Dec. 31, 1996. Amended by P.A. 92-650, § 5, eff. July 11, 2002; P.A. 99-143, § 850, eff. July 27, 2015.
For the purposes of this Section, “service animal” means a dog or miniature horse trained or being trained as a hearing animal, a guide animal, an assistance animal, a seizure alert animal, a mobility animal, a psychiatric service animal, an autism service animal, or an animal trained for any other physical, mental, or intellectual disability. “Service animal” includes a miniature horse that a public place of accommodation shall make reasonable accommodation so long as the public place of accommodation takes into consideration: (1) the type, size, and weight of the miniature horse and whether the facility can accommodate its features; (2) whether the handler has sufficient control of the miniature horse; (3) whether the miniature horse is housebroken; and (4) whether the miniature horse's presence in the facility compromises legitimate safety requirements necessary for operation.
Laws 1961, p. 1983, § 48-8, added by P.A. 97-1108, § 10-5, eff. Jan. 1, 2013. Amended by P.A. 97-1150, § 605, eff. Jan. 25, 2013.
“Person with a disability” means a person who suffers from a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
“Program” means the Helping Paws Service Dog Program created by this Section.
“Service dog” means a dog trained in obedience and task skills to meet the needs of a person with a disability.
“Animal care professional” means a person certified to work in animal care related services, such as grooming, kenneling, and any other related fields.
“Service dog professional” means a person certified to train service dogs by an agency, organization, or school approved by the Department.
“Veteran” means an Illinois resident who is a veteran as defined in subsection (h) of Section 1491 of Title 10 of the United States Code.
(b) The Department may establish the Helping Paws Service Dog Program to train committed persons to be service dog trainers and animal care professionals. The Department shall select committed persons in various correctional institutions and facilities to participate in the Program.
(c) Priority for participation in the Program must be given to committed persons who either have a high school diploma or have passed high school equivalency testing.
(d) The Department may contract with service dog professionals to train committed persons to be certified service dog trainers. Service dog professionals shall train committed persons in dog obedience training, service dog training, and animal health care. Upon successful completion of the training, a committed person shall receive certification by an agency, organization, or school approved by the Department.
(e) The Department may designate a non-profit organization to select animals from humane societies and shelters for the purpose of being trained as service dogs and for participation in any program designed to train animal care professionals.
(f) After a dog is trained by the committed person as a service dog, a review committee consisting of an equal number of persons from the Department and the non-profit organization shall select a person with a disability or a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression to receive the service dog free of charge.
(g) Employees of the Department shall periodically visit persons with disabilities who have received service dogs from the Department under this Section to determine whether the needs of the persons with disabilities or veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression have been met by the service dogs trained by committed persons.
(h) Employees of the Department shall periodically visit committed persons who have been certified as service dog trainers or animal care professionals and who have been paroled or placed on mandatory supervised release to determine whether the committed persons are using their skills as certified service dog trainers or animal care professionals.
P.A. 77-2097, § 3-12-16, added by P.A. 92-236, § 5, eff. Aug. 3, 2001. Amended by P.A. 98-718, § 130, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; P.A. 99-143, § 910, eff. July 27, 2015; P.A. 100-384, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.
“Blind person” means a person who has vision of 20/200 or less with the best correction or has a visual field of 20 degrees or less.
“Deaf person” means a person whose hearing disability precludes successful processing of linguistic information through audition with or without a hearing aid.
“Hearing ear dog” means a dog that is trained to assist a deaf person.
“Physically impaired person” means any person who is permanently physically impaired, whose physical impairment limits one or more of daily life activities and who has a record of impairment and is regarded by health care practitioners as having such an impairment, requiring the use of an assistance animal including but not limited to blindness, deafness and complete or partial paralysis.
West's Smith-Hurd Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated. Chapter 775. Human Rights. Act 30. White Cane Law.
§ 1. This Act may be cited as the White Cane Law.
P.A. 76-663, § 1, eff. Aug. 6, 1969. Amended by P.A. 86-1475, Art. 4, § 4-14, eff. Jan. 10, 1991.
§ 2. It is the policy of this State to encourage and enable persons who are blind, persons who have a visual disability, and persons who have other physical disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the State and to engage in remunerative employment.
P.A. 76-663, § 2, eff. Aug. 6, 1969. Amended by P.A. 99-143, § 1015, eff. July 27, 2015.
§ 3. The blind, persons who have a visual disability, the hearing impaired, persons who are subject to epilepsy or other seizure disorders, and persons who have other physical disabilities have the same right as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities and other public places.
The blind, persons who have a visual disability, the hearing impaired, persons who are subject to epilepsy or other seizure disorders, and persons who have other physical disabilities are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, street cars, boats or any other public conveyances or modes of transportation, hotels, lodging places, places of public accommodation, amusement or resort and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
P.A. 76-663, § 3, eff. Aug. 6, 1969. Amended by P.A. 82-222, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; P.A. 83-93, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; P.A. 92-187, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; P.A. 93-532, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; P.A. 99-143, § 1015, eff. July 27, 2015.
§ 4. Any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person or persons, firm or corporation who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities enumerated in Section 3 of this Act or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially blind person or a person who has any other disability under Section 3 of this Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
P.A. 76-663, § 4, eff. Aug. 6, 1969. Amended by P.A. 77-2830, Art. 22, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; P.A. 99-143, § 1015, eff. July 27, 2015.
§ 5. It is the policy of this State that persons who are blind, persons who have a visual disability, and persons with other physical disabilities shall be employed in the State Service, the service of the political subdivisions of the State, in the public schools and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.
P.A. 76-663, § 5, eff. Aug. 6, 1969. Amended by P.A. 99-143, § 1015, eff. July 27, 2015.
P.A. 76-663, § 6, eff. Aug. 6, 1969. Amended by P.A. 99-143, § 1015, eff. July 27, 2015.
§ 15.1. Dangerous dog determination.
Chapter 210. Health Facilities. Act 125. Swimming Facility Act.
It is the duty of a licensee under this Act to allow the use of service animals as defined and prescribed in 28 C.F.R. 35.104, 28 C.F.R. 35.136, 28 C.F.R. 35.139, 28 C.F.R. 36.104, 28 C.F.R. 208, and 28 C.F.R. 302(c) if the service animal has been trained to perform a specific task or work in the water and the use of such animal does not pose a direct threat to the health and safety of the patrons of the facility or the function or sanitary conditions of the facility. Any use of a licensed swimming facility by an animal other than a service animal as authorized under this Section is prohibited.
P.A. 78-1149, § 32, added by P.A. 97-957, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
“Mobility device” means a support cane, walker, crutches, wheelchair, scooter, or other device, which may be necessary for use by a pedestrian with a disability when traveling.
“Pedestrian with a disability” means a person with a disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, who may require the use of a mobility device, service animal, or white cane to travel on the streets, sidewalks, highways, walkways, and walking, running, or bicycle paths of this State.
“Service animal” means a service animal as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations (28 CFR 36.104).
“White cane” means a cane that is predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, that is held in an extended or raised position.
P.A. 96-1167, § 5, eff. July 22, 2010. Amended by P.A. 100-76, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.
§ 15. Mobility device; service animal; white cane.
P.A. 96-1167, § 15, eff. July 22, 2010.
(C) require, because a blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability has a guide, hearing or support dog, an extra charge in a lease, rental agreement, or contract of purchase or sale, other than for actual damage done to the premises by the dog.
P.A. 81-1216, § 3-104.1, added by P.A. 82-222, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by P.A. 83-93, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; P.A. 95-668, § 5, eff. Oct. 10, 2007; P.A. 99-143, § 1000, eff. July 27, 2015.
Note: the Guide Dog Access/Service Animal Access Act (720 I.L.C.S. 630/.01 to 1) was repealed by 2012 Ill. Legis. Serv. P.A. 97-1108 (H.B. 2582).

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