Bill Text: CA AB2265 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Animals: euthanasia.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2265 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2265-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 18, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty |
February 08, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law prohibits a public animal shelter from charging an adoption fee for a dog if the person adopting the dog presents to the public animal shelter a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word “VETERAN” printed on its face. Existing law authorizes a public animal shelter to limit the number of dogs adopted from that public animal shelter, without charging adoption fees, by eligible veterans to one dog each 6-month period.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the above-described provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 17005 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:17005.
(b)It is the policy of the state that no treatable animal should be euthanized. A treatable animal shall include any animal that is not adoptable but that could become adoptable with reasonable efforts. This subdivision, by itself, shall not be the basis of liability for damages regarding euthanasia.
SEC. 2.
Section 17006 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:17006.
SEC. 3.
Section 30503 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:(a)(1)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group shall sell or give away to a new owner any dog that has not been spayed or neutered.
(2)For the
30503.
(a) For purposes of this(b)
(2)The entity shall establish the amount of the deposit at the level it determines is necessary to encourage the spaying or neutering of dogs.
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(c)
(d)
(e)
SEC. 4.
Section 30520 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:30520.
(a) This chapter only applies to a county that has a population of less than 100,000 persons as of January 1, 2000, and to cities within that county. A county whose population exceeds 100,000 persons in a year subsequent to January 1, 2000, shall be subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 30501) commencing on January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the population of that county exceeds 100,000 persons.SEC. 5.
Section 30521 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:30521.
(a) A spaying or neutering deposit may be either of the following:SEC. 6.
Section 30522 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:30522.
(a) (1) If a recipient fails to comply with the spaying or neutering agreement within 30 business days after the agreement is signed, the recipient shall forfeit the sterilization deposit and is subject to a(b)A public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group may extend the date by which spaying or neutering is to be completed at its discretion for good cause shown. Any extension shall be in writing.
(c)
(d)
SEC. 7.
Section 31751.3 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:(a)(1)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group shall sell or give away to a new owner any cat that has not been spayed or neutered.
(2)For the
31751.3.
(a) For purposes of this(b)
(2)The entity shall establish the amount of the deposit at the level it determines is necessary to encourage the spaying or neutering of cats.
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(c)
(d)
(e)
SEC. 8.
Section 31760 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:31760.
(a) This chapter only applies to a county that has a population of less than 100,000 persons as of January 1, 2000, and to cities within that county. A county whose population exceeds 100,000 persons in a year subsequent to January 1, 2000, shall be subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 31751) commencing on January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the population of that county exceeds 100,000 persons.SEC. 9.
Section 31761 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:31761.
(a) A spaying or neutering deposit may be either of the following:SEC. 10.
Section 31762 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:31762.
(a) (1) If a recipient fails to comply with the spaying or neutering agreement within 30 business days after the agreement is signed, the recipient shall forfeit the sterilization deposit and is subject to a(b)A public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group may extend the date by which spaying or neutering is to be completed at its discretion for good cause shown. Any extension shall be in writing.
(c)
(d)
SEC. 11.
Section 32004 is added to the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:32004.
(a) (1) Except as provided pursuant to paragraph (2), up to 72 hours before a scheduled euthanasia of a dog or cat but no later than 24 hours before a scheduled euthanasia of a dog or cat, each eligible agency or shelter shall post a daily list of any cat or dog scheduled for euthanasia on their public internet website or public Facebook page. The daily list shall meet the requirements of subdivision (c).SEC. 12.
Section 32005 is added to the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:32005.
(a) (1) A public animal control agency or shelter that seeks to adopt a policy, practice, or protocol that raises the potential for conflict with any aspect of Hayden’s Law shall first give notice to the city or county body that funds the public animal control agency or shelter. The public animal control agency or shelter shall also post a notice regarding the policy, practice, or protocol that raises the potential for conflict with any aspect of Hayden’s Law at its facility in a manner that is accessible to public view.SEC. 13.
The Legislature finds and declares that the health and welfare of animals in shelters is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, Sections 1 through 12, inclusive, of this act amending Sections 17005, 17006, 30503, 30520, 30521, 30522, 31751.3, 31760, 31761, and 31762 of, and adding Sections 32004 and 32005 to, the Food and Agricultural Code apply to all cities, including charter cities.SEC. 14.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act or because costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.(a)A public animal shelter shall not charge an adoption fee for a dog if the person adopting the dog presents to the public animal shelter a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word “VETERAN” printed on the face of the driver’s license or identification card pursuant to Section 12811 of the Vehicle Code.
(b)A public animal shelter may limit the number of dogs adopted from that public animal shelter pursuant to this section to one dog
each six-month period.