February 15, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Tlaib, Segal, Ananich, Brown, Hovey-Wright, Darany, McCann, Geiss and Haugh and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1969 PA 287, entitled
"An act to regulate pet shops, animal control shelters, and animal
protection shelters; to establish uniform procedures and minimum
requirements for adoption of dogs, cats, and ferrets; and to
prescribe penalties and civil fines and to provide remedies,"
(MCL 287.331 to 287.340) by adding section 8b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8b. (1) An animal control shelter or animal protection
shelter shall not permit a person to adopt a dog, cat, or ferret
unless the animal control shelter or animal protection shelter has
first searched for that person on an animal abuse registry. If a
person seeking to adopt a dog, cat, or ferret is listed on an
animal abuse registry, an animal control shelter or animal
protection shelter shall consider the fact that the person is
listed on an animal abuse registry in determining whether to permit
that person to adopt a dog, cat, or ferret.
(2) As used in this section, "animal abuse registry" means an
animal abuse registry created by the department of state police
under state law enacted after January 1, 2012.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5403(request no.
03256'11) of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.