Bill Text: MI HB4894 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Animals; dogs; euthanizing of unlicensed dogs; prohibit. Amends sec. 17 of 1919 PA 339 (MCL 287.277).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-09-08 - Printed Bill Filed 09/08/2011 [HB4894 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4894-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4894

 

September 7, 2011, Introduced by Rep. O'Brien and referred to the Committee on Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1919 PA 339, entitled

 

"Dog law of 1919,"

 

by amending section 17 (MCL 287.277), as amended by 1998 PA 390.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17. The county treasurer may, based on records of the

 

dogs actually licensed in each city or township of the county and

 

any report under section 16, identify and locate all unlicensed

 

dogs. If a dog is required to be licensed under this act but is

 

unlicensed, the dog is a public nuisance. The county treasurer

 

shall immediately list all unlicensed dogs identified by this

 

section and shall deliver copies of the list to the prosecuting

 

attorney of the county and to the director of the department of

 

agriculture. On receiving from the county treasurer the name of any

 

owner of an unlicensed dog, the prosecuting attorney shall at once

 

commence the necessary proceedings against the owner of the dog, as

 

required by this act. The sheriff shall locate and kill, or cause

 

to be killed, all such unlicensed dogs. Failure, refusal, or

 

neglect on the part of a sheriff to carry out the provisions of

 

this section constitutes nonfeasance in office.