September 23, 2014, Introduced by Senators PAPPAGEORGE, SCHUITMAKER and COLBECK and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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. An animal control shelter or an animal protection
shelter shall not euthanize an animal under either of the following
circumstances:
(a) The animal is healthy or the animal has a treatable health
condition and another animal control shelter or animal protection
shelter agrees to accept the animal for the purpose of placing the
animal for adoption or treating the animal's health condition.
(b) The decision to euthanize the animal is based solely on
either the animal's physical appearance or the breed of the animal.