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.