GAPITS
03-14-2006, 08:43 PM
HB1497 Vicious dogs; requirements for owners; provide
- This bill creates "Mercedes' Law" to provide for the proper enclosure of vicious dogs and to provide procedures by which law enforcement can be made aware of the presence of vicious dogs in the community. The bill would make it unlawful for an owner of a vicious dog to allow the dog to be outside a proper enclosure unless the dog is on a leash and under the restraint of a responsible person. The bill would allow a vicious dog to be confiscated if the dog is not property maintained or restrained by a responsible person. Once the dog is confiscated his return to his owner is contingent upon the owner's compliance with the provisions created by the bill. If the dog is not returned to his or her owner within forty days the dog would be destroyed.
- Authored By: Rep. David Knight
- Special House Rules Applied: Open
- House Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil
- Yea: 155 Nay: 10
- This bill creates "Mercedes' Law" to provide for the proper enclosure of vicious dogs and to provide procedures by which law enforcement can be made aware of the presence of vicious dogs in the community. The bill would make it unlawful for an owner of a vicious dog to allow the dog to be outside a proper enclosure unless the dog is on a leash and under the restraint of a responsible person. The bill would allow a vicious dog to be confiscated if the dog is not property maintained or restrained by a responsible person. Once the dog is confiscated his return to his owner is contingent upon the owner's compliance with the provisions created by the bill. If the dog is not returned to his or her owner within forty days the dog would be destroyed.
- Authored By: Rep. David Knight
- Special House Rules Applied: Open
- House Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil
- Yea: 155 Nay: 10