HB-4168, As Passed House, May 16, 2013

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4168

     A bill to amend 1919 PA 339, entitled

"Dog law of 1919,"

by amending section 17 (MCL 287.277), as amended by 1998 PA 390.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 17. The county treasurer may, based on records of the

dogs actually licensed in each city or township of the county and

any report under section 16, identify and locate all unlicensed

dogs. If a A dog is required to be licensed under this act but that

is unlicensed , the dog is a public nuisance. The county treasurer

shall immediately list all unlicensed dogs identified by under this

section and shall deliver copies of the list to the prosecuting

attorney of the county. and to the director of the department of

agriculture. On receiving Upon receipt of the name of an owner of

an unlicensed dog from the county treasurer, the name of any owner

of an unlicensed dog, the prosecuting attorney shall at once

commence the necessary proceedings against the owner of the dog ,

as required by this act. The sheriff shall locate and kill, or

cause to be killed, all such unlicensed dogs. Failure, refusal, or

neglect on the part of a sheriff to carry out the provisions of

this section constitutes nonfeasance in office.