(A) Any person violating or aiding in or abetting the violation of any provision of either the State Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5/1 et seq., or this chapter, or counterfeiting or forging any certificate, permit or tag, or making any misrepresentation in regard to any matter prescribed by this chapter, or resisting, obstructing or impeding the Administrator or any authorized officer in enforcing this chapter, or refusing to produce for inoculation any dog in his or her possession not confined at all times to an enclosed area, or who removes a tag from a dog for purposes of destroying or concealing its identity, is guilty of a petty offense for a first or second offense and shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $200. For a third and any subsequent offense, the State’s Attorney shall prosecute the violations as misdemeanor offenses against state statutes, being a Class C misdemeanor.
(B) Each day a person fails to comply constitutes a separate offense. The State’s Attorney to whom the Administrator reports any violation of this chapter or the State Animal Control Act shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner provided by law.
(C) If the owner of a dog subject to enclosure:
(1) Fails to maintain or keep the dog in an enclosure;
(2) The dog inflicts great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, permanent physical disability upon any other person or causes the death of another person; and
(3) The attack is unprovoked in a place where the person is peaceably conducting himself or herself and where the person may lawfully be; the owner shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter, as well as a Class C misdemeanor. However if the owner knowingly allowed the dog to run at large or failed to take steps to keep the dog in an enclosure, then, in that case, the owner shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. The penalty provided in this section shall be in addition to any other criminal or civil sanction provided by law.
(D) Any person adjudicated guilty of violating § 50.024 shall pay a minimum fine of $200.
(E) Any person who commits any act prohibited by § 50.190 shall be subject to a fine not in excess of $500. Further, the State’s Attorney may bring an action to enjoin any persons from violating § 50.190 and seek an order from the Circuit Court to enjoin the violator from maintaining such a nuisance.
(1993 Code, § 50.999) (Ord. 92-10, passed 11-18-1992; Ord. 2003-08, passed 11-19-2003; Ord. 2006-07, passed 6-21-2006; Ord. 2022-01, passed 3-16-2022)