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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives DeSimone, Ackerman, Lima, Fellela, and Shekarchi | |
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Date Introduced: February 14, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 4-1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-1 entitled "Cruelty to |
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Animals" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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4-1-3. Unnecessary cruelty. -- (a) Every owner, possessor, or person having the charge |
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or custody of any animal, who cruelly drives or works that animal when unfit for labor, or cruelly |
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abandons that animal, or who carries that animal or causes that animal to be carried, in or upon |
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any vehicle or otherwise in a cruel or inhuman manner, or who fails to provide that animal with |
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adequate living conditions as defined in subsection (c), or willfully, intentionally, maliciously, |
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recklessly, and/or knowingly authorizes or permits that animal to be subjected to unnecessary |
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torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind, or who places or causes to have placed on any animal |
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any substance that may produce irritation or pain, or that is declared a hazardous substance by the |
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U.S. food and drug administration or by the state department of health, shall be punished for each |
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offense in the manner provided in section 4-1-2. |
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(b) The substances proscribed by subsection (a) do not include any drug having curative |
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and therapeutic effect for disease in animals and which is prepared and intended for veterinary |
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use. |
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(c) For purposes of this chapter, "adequate living conditions" means a sanitary |
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environment which is dry and free of accumulated feces and free of debris and garbage that may |
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clutter the environment, pose a danger or entangle the animal. The environment in which the |
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animal is kept must be of sufficient size so as not to inhibit comfortable rest, normal posture or |
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range of movement, and suitable to maintain the animal in a good state of health. |
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(d) University or college research facilities licensed and/or inspected by the U.S. |
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department of agriculture or the U.S. public health service of the department of health and human |
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services shall be exempt from the provisions of this act provided that they are in good standing |
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with the federal agency responsible for licensing or assurance of the facility. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would expand the meaning of unnecessary cruelty to one who willfully, |
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intentionally, maliciously, recklessly and/or knowingly authorizes or permits an animal to be |
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subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind. This act would also define |
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“adequate living conditions”. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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