Bill Text: MI SB0429 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes; animals; requirement for veterinarians to report alleged animal abuse and penalties for failure to make report; provide for. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 50d.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-12 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute (s-2) [SB0429 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0429-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 429

 

 

August 20, 2019, Introduced by Senator LUCIDO and referred to the Committee on Judiciary and    Public Safety.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 50d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 50d. (1) A licensed veterinarian who has reasonable cause

 

to suspect the abuse or neglect of a companion animal shall make an

 

immediate report of the suspected abuse or neglect to an animal

 

control shelter in or a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction

 

over the geographic location where the abuse or neglect allegedly

 

occurred. A licensed veterinarian who violates this section is

 

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more

 

than 90 days or a fine of not more than $100.00.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

     (a) "Animal control shelter" means that term as defined in

 

section 50.

 

     (b) "Companion animal" means that term as defined in section

 

50b.

 

     (c) "Licensed veterinarian" means that term as defined in

 

section 50.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.