February 5, 2013, Introduced by Reps. O'Brien, Lund, Cotter, Lyons, Haines, Lori, Jenkins, Shirkey, Kurtz, Lauwers, Schmidt, Graves, Rogers, Outman, Foster, Walsh, Price, Lipton, Haugh, Santana, Lane, Pscholka and Singh and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
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 and rural development. 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.