Kentucky House Bill 517 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 25 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-26 - to Agriculture & Small Business (H)
Pending: House Agriculture and Small Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 258 define "animal control officer," "humanely destroy," and "reasonable expenses"; allow animal control officers and agents of humane societies to take physical custody of any animal if they have a warrant or if they have reasonable cause to believe an animal is in imminent harm, cruelly treated, or tortured; allow governmental animal control agencies to file a petition with the court to request the owner or owners to appear in court; permit animal control officers and agents of humane societies to euthanize the animal if it is deemed by a licensed veterinarian to be past recovery; require the court to issue an order placing seized animals in the temporary care and custody of a public or private agency pending a hearing of the petition; require the courts to hold a hearing within 14 days of the order being issued; require 48 hours prior to the hearing that orders be served and notices be posted and published; require the owner or owners of animals seized by court order to either relinquish ownership temporarily or post a bond; define bond's sufficiency to secure payment of all reasonable expenses, with the agency or person with whom the animal's temporary care and custody was placed; allow the bond requirement to be waived if the owner is indigent; allow the court to either order ownership of the animal be placed with any public or private agency or be returned to the owner or owners; provide for full or partial refund of the bond based on final disposition of the case; amend KRS 258.505 to clarify that the prohibition against gunshot in animal shelter euthanasia does not apply to peace officers or animal control officers outside animal shelter situations.

AN ACT relating to animal impoundment.

Rep. Darryl Owens [D]

Rep. Tom Riner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-26		to Agriculture & Small Business (H)
2010-02-25		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB517.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB517/bill.doc