May 28, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Schor and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend 1919 PA 339, entitled
"Dog law of 1919,"
by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 287.261), as amended by
1996 PA 63, and by adding section 30a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An
act relating to dogs and domestic
animals used as pets; to
provide
for the protection of live stock livestock and poultry from
damage
by dogs; providing to
provide for the licensing of dogs and
other
domestic animals; regulating to regulate the keeping of dogs,
and
authorizing their destruction in certain cases; providing to
provide for the determination and payment of damages done by dogs
to
live stock livestock and poultry; imposing to prescribe the
powers
and duties on of certain state, county, city, and
township
agencies,
officers, and employes, and to
repeal Act No. 347 of the
Public
Acts of 1917, and providing employees;
to authorize certain
local ordinances; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of
this act.
Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"dog
law of 1919"."pet
law".
(2) For the purpose of this act:
(a) "Livestock" means horses, stallions, colts, geldings,
mares, sheep, rams, lambs, bulls, bullocks, steers, heifers, cows,
calves, mules, jacks, jennets, burros, goats, kids and swine, and
fur-bearing animals being raised in captivity.
(b) "Miniature goat" means those types of goats commonly known
as pygmy, dwarf, and miniature goats.
(c) (b)
"Poultry" means all
domestic fowl, ornamental birds,
and game birds possessed or being reared under authority of a
breeder's
license pursuant to part 427 (breeders and dealers) of
the
natural resources and environmental protection act, Act No. 451
of
the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.42701 to 324.42714
of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.1994
PA 451, MCL 324.42701 to
324.42714.
(d) (c)
"Owner" when applied to
the proprietorship of a dog
means
every person having who
has a right of property in the dog,
and
every person who keeps or harbors
the dog or has it in his the
person's
care, and every person or who
permits the dog to remain on
or
about any premises occupied by him.the person.
(e) (d)
"Kennel" means any
establishment wherein or whereon
dogs are kept for the purpose of breeding, sale, or sporting
purposes.
(f) (e)
"Law enforcement officer"
means any person employed or
elected by the people of the state, or by any municipality, county,
or township, whose duty it is to preserve peace or to make arrests
or to enforce the law, and includes conservation officers and
members of the state police.
(g) (f)
"Hunting" means allowing
a dog to range freely within
sight or sound of its owner while in the course of hunting legal
game or an unprotected animal.
Sec. 30a. A county board of commissioners may adopt an
ordinance providing for the licensing and regulation of miniature
goats that are not associated with a farm or farm operation.
(2) As used in this section, "farm" and "farm operation" mean
those terms as they are defined in section 2 of the Michigan right
to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.