Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

House Bill 1246

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Title

Description: Animal cruelty; revise provisions and penalties.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 02/20 (H) Referred To Agriculture;Judiciary B
2 03/09 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2004
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committees:

Principal Author: Bondurant*

Additional Author: Reynolds

Code Sections: A 097-0041-0002, A 097-0041-0016, RP 097-0041-0001, RP 097-0041-0005, RP 097-0041-0007, RP 097-0041-0009, RP 097-0041-0011, RP 097-0041-0017

Title: AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE DEFINITION OF ANIMAL; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES FOR MALICIOUSLY KILLING AN ANIMAL; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-41-1, 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9, 97-41-11 AND 97-41-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 9172, WHICH PROVIDE FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY OFFENSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 03/09/04 at 18:00.

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