Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Crimes; revise crime of animal cruelty and exempt certain activities from crime.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/15 (H) Referred To Agriculture | |
| 2 | 01/30 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Smith (39th)
Code Sections: A 097-0041-0001, A 097-0041-0002, A 097-0041-0003, A 097-0041-0019, RP 097-0041-0005, RP 097-0041-0007, RP 097-0041-0009, RP 097-0041-0013, RP 097-0041-0016, RP 097-0041-0017
Title: AN ACT TO REVISE THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO THE CRIME; TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE CHAPTER PERTAINING TO THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF OFFENSES FOUND ELSEWHERE IN CHAPTER 41, AND TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY DEGREES OF THE OFFENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW ANIMALS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER BECAUSE OF A NATURAL DISASTER OR EMERGENCY TO BE LAWFULLY SEIZED; TO REVISE THE PROCESS BY WHICH AN ANIMAL MAY BE LAWFULLY SEIZED; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCESS BY WHICH AN ANIMAL MAY BE LAWFULLY DESTROYED AND TO GRANT IMMUNITY TO THOSE ACTING UNDER THE SECTION IN GOOD FAITH; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE PROVISIONS REGARDING DOG FIGHTS; TO CREATE THE MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF INTERFERING WITH ANY ACTIVITIES EXEMPTED BY THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9, 97-41-13, 97-41-16 AND 97-41-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONSTITUTE CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES AND PENALTIES FOUND IN THE CHAPTER OF LAW PERTAINING TO THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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