Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Crimes; revise offense 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 | July 1, 2007 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Snowden
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 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY DEGREES OF THE OFFENSE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WILL NOT CONSTITUTE THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO SPECIFY THOSE EXEMPT ACTIVITIES AS THE LAWFUL HUNTING OR TRAPPING OF WILDLIFE, FISHING, HERDING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES, HANDLING AND TRAINING PRACTICES, VETERINARY PRACTICES, HUMANE EUTHANASIA OF ANIMALS, PEST CONTROL PRACTICES, EQUINE ACTIVITIES, RODEO PRACTICES, OR ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON FOR TEACHING OR SCIENTIFIC OR MEDICAL RESEARCH; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHAPTER PERTAINING TO THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY SHALL NOT PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM INJURING OR KILLING AN ANIMAL REASONABLY BELIEVED TO CONSTITUTE A THREAT OF INJURY OR DEATH TO HUMANS, LIVESTOCK, POULTRY OR OTHER LAWFULLY KEPT ANIMALS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF OFFENSES FOUND ELSEWHERE IN CHAPTER 41, TITLE 97, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; 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 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, IN CONFORMITY AND TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FOR THE LAWFUL EUTHANASIA OF A DOG; 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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