Bill Text: MI SB0538 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Animals; other; facilities accredited by the American zoo and aquarium association or the zoological association of America; exempt from certain provisions of large carnivore act. Amends sec. 22 of 2000 PA 274 (MCL 287.1122).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-09-24 - Referred To Committee On Agriculture [SB0538 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0538-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 538
September 24, 2013, Introduced by Senator HUNE and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend 2000 PA 274, entitled
"Large carnivore act,"
by amending section 22 (MCL 287.1122).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 22. (1) Sections 4, 5, and 6 do not apply to any of the
following:
(a) An animal control shelter or animal protection shelter
temporarily in possession of a large carnivore for not more than 45
days.
(b) A person licensed or approved by the department of natural
resources of this state or by the United States fish and wildlife
service of the United States department of the interior. This
subdivision does not apply to a person in possession of 1 or more
black bears under the authority of a permit to hold wildlife in
captivity issued by the department of natural resources.
(c)
A zoological park approved or accredited by the American
zoo
and aquarium association.
(d)
A person approved by the association of sanctuaries or the
American
sanctuary association.
(c) (e)
A law enforcement officer acting
under the authority
of this act.
(d) (f)
A veterinarian temporarily in
possession of a large
carnivore to provide veterinary care for or humanely euthanize the
large carnivore.
(2) Sections 4, 5, 6(1)(d) to (5)(d), 8, and 14(3) do not
apply to a person who is not a resident of this state and who is in
this state only for the purpose of travel between locations outside
of this state.
(3)
Subject to subsection (2), this act does Sections 3, 4,
and 6 do not apply to a person who meets all of the following
requirements:
(a) Is conducting a for-profit or nonprofit business that
meets both of the following requirements:
(i) The primary purpose of the business is the presentation of
animals
including large carnivores to the public for education, or
exhibition, or conservation purposes.
(ii) The business is not conducted in connection with another
business as a means of attracting customers to that other business.
(b) Is a class A licensee or class C licensee that possesses
and
maintains a class A license or class C license under 9 C.F.R.
1.1.CFR parts 1 and 2 and is approved or
accredited by 1 of the
following:
(i) A zoological park approved or accredited by the American
zoo and aquarium association or by the zoological association of
America.
(ii) A person approved by the American sanctuary association.
(c) Meets or exceeds all standards, including but not limited
to standards for training, housing, care, and transport of large
carnivores, required of a class A licensee or class C licensee
under
9 C.F.R. 1.1.CFR parts 1
and 2.
(d) Does not allow a patron to do any of the following:
(i) Come into direct contact with a large carnivore.
(ii) Come into close enough contact with a large carnivore over
20 weeks of age so as to place the patron in jeopardy of being
harmed by the large carnivore.
(e) Does not sell large carnivores, except to another person
that meets the requirements of this subsection.
(f)
Does not breed Only breeds
large carnivores if approved or
accredited by the American zoo and aquarium association or by the
zoological association of America.
(4) This act does not apply to a circus.
