House Journal: Page 913: Monday, March 29, 1999

42   provided in this paragraph.  The suspensory period

43   shall be for not less than five years and not more
44   than ten years as ordered by the court.  If the person
45   is not incarcerated, the suspensory period shall begin
46   on the date of sentencing.  If the person is
47   incarcerated, the suspensory period shall begin on the
48   date that the person's incarceration ends.  A person
49   who violates a suspensory period condition is guilty
50   of a serious misdemeanor.
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 1     c.  The person shall pay reasonable costs of the
 2   investigation and prosecution of the case as ordered
 3   by the court.  The person shall also pay expenses
 4   incurred in maintaining the livestock as ordered by
 5   the court, unless the expenses have been paid pursuant
 6   to section 717.5.
 7     Sec. 8. NEW SECTION.  717.6  FORFEITURE.
 8     If a person is guilty of a class "D" felony as
 9   provided in section 717.4, all livestock or any animal
10   owned by the person shall be forfeited to the state,
11   to the extent that the livestock or animal has not
12   been disposed of as provided in section 717.5 or
13   717B.5.  The livestock or any animal shall be seized
14   and forfeited in the same manner as provided in
15   chapter 809A.  Livestock or animals which are
16   destroyed shall be destroyed only by a humane method,
17   including euthanasia as defined in section 162.2.
18     Sec. 9.  Section 717B.1, Code 1999, is amended by
19   adding the following new subsections:
20     NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  "Licensed mental health
21   counselor" means a person licensed to practice mental
22   health counseling under chapters 147 and 154D.
23     NEW SUBSECTION.  3B.  "Livestock" means the same as
24   defined in section 717.1.
25     NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  "Warden" means the same as
26   animal warden as defined in section 162.2.
27     Sec. 10.  Section 717B.2, unnumbered paragraph 1,
28   Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
29     A person is guilty of animal abuse if the person
30   intentionally injures, maims, disfigures, or destroys
31   an animal owned by another person by any means, in 
any
32   a manner, including intentionally poisoning the 
animal
33   inconsistent with customary animal husbandry
34   practices. A person guilty of animal abuse 
is guilty
35   of an aggravated misdemeanor.  This section shall not
36   apply to any of the following:
37     Sec. 11.  Section 717B.2, subsection 1, Code 1999,
38   is amended by striking the subsection.
39     Sec. 12.  Section 717B.3, subsection 1, Code 1999,
40   is amended to read as follows:

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