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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 119, 3777 | PRINTER'S NO. 4020 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY J. EVANS, BOYD, BRENNAN, BUXTON, DONATUCCI, GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, KORTZ, MANN, MELIO, O'NEILL, PAYNE, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, STERN, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, FABRIZIO, GINGRICH, FARRY, FLECK AND CALTAGIRONE, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, JUNE 29, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of |
3 | cruelty to animals. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 5511(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read: |
8 | § 5511. Cruelty to animals. |
9 | (a) Killing, maiming or poisoning domestic animals or zoo |
10 | animals, etc.-- |
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12 | (2.2) (i) A person commits a misdemeanor of the second |
13 | degree if he is the owner or co-owner of a dog that |
14 | kills, maims or disfigures a guide dog of an individual |
15 | who is blind, a hearing dog of an individual who is deaf |
16 | or audibly impaired or a service dog of an individual who |
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1 | is physically limited without provocation by the guide, | <-- |
2 | hearing or service dog or the individual. |
3 | (ii) A person commits an offense under this | <-- |
4 | paragraph only if the person knew or should have known |
5 | that the dog he owns or co-owns had a propensity to |
6 | attack human beings or domestic animals without |
7 | provocation. |
8 | (ii) (iii) Any person convicted of violating the | <-- |
9 | provisions of this paragraph shall be sentenced to pay a |
10 | fine of not more than $5,000 and shall be ordered to make |
11 | reparations for veterinary costs in treating the guide, |
12 | hearing or service dog and, if necessary, the cost of |
13 | obtaining and training a replacement guide, hearing or |
14 | service dog. |
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16 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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