Bill Text: CA SB1175 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Animals: prohibitions on importation and possession of wild animals: live animal markets.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-01 - Ordered to inactive file. [SB1175 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB1175-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
May 13, 2020 |
Introduced by Senator Stern |
February 20, 2020 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 2120 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:2120.
(a) The commission, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, shall adopt regulations governing both (1) the entry, importation, possession, transportation, keeping, confinement, or release of any and all wild animals that will be or that have been imported into this state pursuant to this chapter, and (2) the possession of all other wild animals. The regulations shall be designed to prevent damage to the native wildlife or agricultural interests of this state resulting from the existence at large of these wild animals, and to provide for the welfare of wild animals and the health and safety of the public.(c)These regulations shall be developed and adopted by the commission on or before January 1, 2007.
SECTION 1.SEC. 3.
Section 2351 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:2351.
(a) This section may be known, and may be cited, as the Iconic African Species Protection Act.SEC. 4.
Section 111067 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.(a) Any city, county, or city and county may adopt an ordinance that provides for the regulation of the disposition of bullfrogs and turtles imported for sale in live animal markets for use as food. The ordinances may provide for all of the following:
(1) The designation of a local agency to carry out this article.
(2) Require a permit, issued by an agency designated by the city, county, or city and county
to issue permits, for the sale of bullfrogs and turtles imported for sale in live animal markets for use as food.
(3) Establish a fee for the permit in an amount determined sufficient to offset the administrative cost of issuing the permit and enforcing the provisions of the ordinance.
(4) Require that animals sold pursuant to the permit be dispatched at the time of sale.
(5) Require that signs be posted at the permittee’s place of business, stating that animals must be properly dispatched and that release into the wild in a live state is unlawful.
(6) Authorize the local agency, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to suspend or revoke a permit issued pursuant to paragraph (1) for violation of any provision of the ordinance adopted
pursuant to this article.
(b) The State Department of Health Services and the Department of Fish and Game may consult with a city, county, or city and county for purposes related to this article.
SEC. 5.
Section 122373 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:122373.
This chapter shall not apply to the following:(e)Live animal markets regulated under Section 597.3 of the Penal Code.
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SEC. 6.
Section 597.3 of the Penal Code is amended to read:597.3.
(a)(1)Provide that no animal will be dismembered, flayed, cut open, or have its skin, scales, feathers, or shell removed while the animal is still alive.
(2)Provide that no live animals will be confined, held, or displayed in a manner that results, or is likely to result, in injury, starvation, dehydration, or
suffocation.
SEC. 7.
Section 597.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:597.4.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully do either of the following:(5)Live animal markets regulated under Section 597.3.
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