2017 -- S 0563 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Goodwin, Ruggerio, Ciccone, Lombardo, and Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: March 15, 2017 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 4-1-26 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-1 entitled "Cruelty to |
2 | Animals" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 4-1-26. Abandonment of animals. |
4 | (a) If any person having possession and/or control of an animal abandons that animal on a |
5 | street, road, highway or in a public place or on private property or from a motor vehicle, or in a |
6 | dwelling or any other building or structure without providing for the care of that animal, he or she |
7 | shall be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-2 for each such offense. If this abandonment |
8 | results in the death of the animal, the person shall be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-5. |
9 | Abandonment means the relinquishment of all right, title, claim, or possession of the animal with |
10 | the intention of not reclaiming it or resuming its ownership or possession. |
11 | (b) Any pound or animal shelter as defined under §4-19-2, shall deem abandoned any |
12 | animal impounded and not redeemed by its owner within seven (7) days of impoundment if such |
13 | animal is wearing identification. Any animal impounded and not wearing identification shall be |
14 | deemed abandoned if not redeemed by its owner within five (5) days of impoundment. Any |
15 | animal deemed abandoned shall become the property of the impounding agency and may be |
16 | adopted or disposed of in a humane manner. |
17 | (c) Any pound or animal shelter shall make a prompt and reasonable attempt to locate |
18 | and notify the owner of the impounded animal, including scanning the animal for a microchip. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | |
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1 | This act would allow a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten |
2 | (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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