[il-talk] The Battle, but not the War

[Wayne & Harley]

Hello,

I am happy to report, that it appears that the current battle against 
HB3162 has been won, but the war is not over. Ms. Manley is bound and 
determined to propose and get passed into law, a bill to kerb "Fake 
Service Dogs".

Allow me to clarify a few things.

There is no "Fake Service Dog" problem, there is only a problem of non 
disabled humans fraudulently misrepresenting their untrained, and 
undersocialized pets as Service Dogs.

Two criteria need to exist for a dog, on in some rare cases, Miniature 
Horses, to be Service Animals.

1 The Owner is disabled

2.  The dog, or miniature horse is individually trained in work, or 
task(s) that directly mitigate their owner's disability. Therefore, a 
non-disabled person, so fraudulently misrepresenting their pet as a 
Service Animal is, fraudulently, claiming to be disabled and claiming 
rights and protections not due them.

To forestall ms. manley, a group has been formed to draft a bill that 
will, hopefully, protect Service Animal Owners, ALL of them, whether the 
Service Animal Owner chooses to go through a programme, or to Owner 
Train their Service Dog. As well as kerb pets being fraudulently 
misrepresented by their non-disabled owners as legitimate service 
Animals. This group, a coalition of Service Dog Owners (some of which 
are Owner Trainers), professional trainers, and the owner of a small 
Service Dog training programme here in Illinois. I am in that group 
representing myself as a Service Animal Owner, and Owner Trainer.

As our model, we are using the stature from Florida. We are diligently 
reviewing the statue, and slightly tweaking it, to suit local Illinois 
conditions. The aim is that using the Florida statue will bring Illinois 
Service Animal Law more in line with the ADA, and offer a way to kerb 
those non-disabled humans from fraudulently misrepresenting their pets 
as service Animals....

If President Avant wishes, I will provide periodic reports to the group.


Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,


Wayne M. Scace


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