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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Assistance Animal Integrity Act. (Source: P.A. 101-518, eff. 1-1-20.)
Illinois · statute · 310 ILCS 120 · 5 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Assistance Animal Integrity Act. (Source: P.A. 101-518, eff. 1-1-20.)
Definitions. In this Act: "Assistance animal" means an emotional support or service animal that qualifies as a reasonable accommodation under the federal Fair Housing Act or the Illinois Human Rights Act. "Disability" means, with respect to a person, any physical or mental impairment, or record of such impairment, that…
Documentation of disability and disability-related need. (a) A housing provider who receives a request from a person to make an exception to the housing provider's policy prohibiting or restricting animals on the housing provider's property because the person requires the use of an assistance animal may require the per…
Immunity. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a housing provider shall not be liable for injuries caused by a person's assistance animal permitted on the housing provider's property as a reasonable accommodation to assist the person with a disability under the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of th…
Rights under other Acts. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) limit individuals' rights under the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, or any other federal, State, or local civil rights law; or (2) limit the liabil…