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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 145B.3, Code 1995, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 145B.3 DOGS HELD FOR REDEMPTION BY OWNER. 1 4 An institution so authorized by the Iowa department of 1 5 public health may request dogs from a pound. The poundshall1 6 may tender to such institutionalldogs in its custody seized 1 7 or held by authority of the state, municipality, or other 1 8 political subdivision, except that no. However, a dog shall 1 9 not besotendered unless it has been held for redemption by 1 10 its owner or for sale for a period of not less than three nor 1 11 more than fifteen daysand no. A dog lawfully licensed at the 1 12 time of its seizure shall not besotendered unless its owner 1 13shall so consentconsents in writing.No dogs, except those1 14actuallyUnless a dog is sick or injured orthoselawfully 1 15 licensed at the time of seizure, a pound shallbe destroyed by1 16a poundnot destroy a dog while a requestto that poundof an 1 17 authorized institution to that pound isunfulfilled unless1 18first tendered to such institution and refused by itpending. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 Section 145B.3 provides for the transfer of dogs by pounds 1 21 to educational or scientific institutions authorized by the 1 22 Iowa department of public health, and defined to mean 1 23 facilities concerned with the investigation of biological 1 24 functions and health of humans and animals. The section 1 25 provides that under certain conditions the pound must 1 26 relinquish custody of dogs. This bill grants the pound 1 27 discretion to transfer a dog to an institution. A pound is 1 28 defined to mean any person having custody of dogs seized or 1 29 held under the authority of the state or any municipality or 1 30 any political subdivision of the state. 1 31 LSB 1858XS 76 1 32 da/sc/14
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