Bill Title: Regarding the liability of owners of certain animals that are running at large.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-10 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources
[HB503 Detail]Download: Ohio-2009-HB503-Introduced.html
As Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Representatives Bubp, Garrison
A BILL
| To amend sections 951.02, 951.10, and 951.99 of the | 1 |
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Revised Code regarding the liability of owners of | 2 |
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certain animals that are running at large. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 951.02, 951.10, and 951.99 of the | 4 |
Revised Code be amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 951.02. No person, who is the owner or keeper of | 6 |
horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, llamas, alpacas, or | 7 |
geese, shall permit them to run at large in the public road, | 8 |
highway, street, lane, or alley, or upon unenclosed land, or cause | 9 |
suchthe animals to be herded, kept, or detained for the purpose | 10 |
of grazing on premises other than those owned or lawfully occupied | 11 |
by the owner or keeper of suchthe animals. | 12 |
The running at large of any such animal in or upon any of the | 13 |
places mentioned in this section is prima-facie evidence that it | 14 |
is running at large in violation of this section. | 15 |
Sec. 951.10. The owner or keeper of an animal described in | 16 |
section 951.01 or 951.02 of the Revised Code, who negligently | 17 |
permits it to run at large in violation of either of suchthose | 18 |
sections, is liable for all damages caused by suchthe animal upon | 19 |
the premises of another without reference to the fence whichthat | 20 |
may enclose suchthe premises. | 21 |
Sec. 951.99. Whoever recklessly violates section 951.01 or | 22 |
951.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the | 23 |
fourth degree. | 24 |
Section 2. That existing sections 951.02, 951.10, and 951.99 | 25 |
of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 26 |