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<HISTORY>
	<YEAR>2009</YEAR>
	<SESSION>Regular Session</SESSION>
	<SHORTTITLE>Crimes; revise crime of animal cruelty and exempt certain activities.</SHORTTITLE>
	<LONGTITLE>AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY DEGREES OF THE CRIME; TO CLARIFY AND REVISE THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO THE CRIME; TO SPECIFICALLY EXEMPT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FROM CONSTITUTING THE CRIME; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-41-3, 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9, 97-41-13, 97-41-15, 97-41-16 AND 97-41-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.</LONGTITLE>
	<DATETIMELASTCHG>02/03/09 at 18:55</DATETIMELASTCHG>
 
	<MEASURE>
		<MSR_HS>H</MSR_HS>
		<MSR_TYPE>B</MSR_TYPE>
		<MSR_NUM>1218</MSR_NUM>
		<FORMAT_MSRID>House Bill 1218</FORMAT_MSRID>
		<SHORT_MSRID>HB 1218</SHORT_MSRID>
		<OWNER>H</OWNER>
	</MEASURE>
 
	<BACKGROUND>
		<DISPOSITION>Dead</DISPOSITION>
		<DEADLINE>General Bill/Constitutional Amendment</DEADLINE>
		<REVENUE>No</REVENUE>
		<VOTETYPE>Majority</VOTETYPE>
		<EFFECTIVEDATE>July 1, 2009</EFFECTIVEDATE>
	</BACKGROUND>
	<COMMITTEES>
		<HOUSE>
			<H_NAME>Agriculture</H_NAME>
			<H_INCMTE>T</H_INCMTE>
			<H_LINK>../../House_cmtes/AG.xml</H_LINK>
		</HOUSE>
	</COMMITTEES>
	<AUTHORS>
		<PRINCIPAL>
			<P_NAME>Brown</P_NAME>
			<P_LINK>../../House_authors/Brown.xml</P_LINK>
		</PRINCIPAL>
	</AUTHORS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0001</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410001.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0003</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410003.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0005</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410005.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0007</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410007.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0009</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410009.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0013</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410013.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0015</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410015.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0016</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410016.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>RP</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>097-0041-0017</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/097/00410017.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 1</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>01/19 (H) Referred To Agriculture</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 2</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>02/03 (H) Died In Committee</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<DOCUMENTS>
		<CURRENT>
			<CURRENT_PDF>../../../../documents/2009/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1218IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF>
			<CURRENT_OTHER>../../../../documents/2009/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1218IN.htm</CURRENT_OTHER>
		</CURRENT>
		<INTRO>
			<INTRO_PDF>../../../../documents/2009/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1218IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF>
			<INTRO_OTHER>../../../../documents/2009/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1218IN.htm</INTRO_OTHER>
		</INTRO>
		<VETOMSG>
			<VETO_PDF>../../../../documents/2009/pdf/veto/HB0878.pdf</VETO_PDF>
			<VETO_OTHER>../../../../documents/2009/html/veto/HB0878.htm</VETO_OTHER>
		</VETOMSG>
	</DOCUMENTS>
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