Bill Text: MI HB6297 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Animals; dogs; requirement to license a dog under the dog law of 1919; remove reference in 1969 PA 287. Amends sec. 9 of 1969 PA 287 (MCL 287.339). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6301'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-09-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/05/2018 [HB6297 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6297-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 6297

 

 

September 5, 2018, Introduced by Rep. LaFave and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1969 PA 287, entitled

 

"An act to regulate pet shops, animal control shelters, and animal

protection shelters; to establish uniform procedures and minimum

requirements for adoption of dogs, cats, and ferrets; and to

prescribe penalties and civil fines and to provide remedies,"

 

by amending section 9 (MCL 287.339), as amended by 2016 PA 392.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 9. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,

 

the licensing and registration requirements of this act do not

 

apply to a person who breeds his or her own animals or to a person

 

subject to 1969 PA 224, MCL 287.381 to 287.395. The licensing and

 

registration requirements of this act apply to a large-scale dog

 

breeding kennel.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not create an exemption from

 

vaccination and licensing requirements under the dog law of 1919,


1919 PA 339, MCL 287.261 to 287.290, or from vaccination and

 

handling requirements under 1994 PA 358, MCL 287.891 to 287.901.

 

     (3) This act does not require the alteration of a dog, cat, or

 

ferret being reclaimed from an animal control shelter or animal

 

protection shelter by its owner unless a local government ordinance

 

requires the alteration.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6301 (no.

 

01879'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.

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