House Amendment 1558


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 406, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 21 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 351.37, Code 2007, is amended
     1  6 to read as follows:
     1  7    351.37  DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE == IMPOUNDMENT OR
     1  8 DESTRUCTION == DISPOSITION.
     1  9    1.  A dog shall be apprehended and impounded by a
     1 10 local board of health or law enforcement official, or
     1 11 the dog may be destroyed by the law enforcement
     1 12 official, if the dog is running at large and the dog
     1 13 is not wearing a valid rabies vaccination tag or a
     1 14 rabies vaccination certificate is not presented to the
     1 15 local board of health or law enforcement official.
     1 16    2.  The After the dog is impounded or destroyed,
     1 17 the local board of health or law enforcement official
     1 18 shall provide written notice to the owner if the local
     1 19 board of health or law enforcement official can
     1 20 reasonably determine the owner's name and current
     1 21 address by accessing a tag or other device that is on
     1 22 or a part of the dog.  The notice shall be sent within
     1 23 two days after the dog has been impounded or
     1 24 destroyed.  The If the dog is impounded the notice
     1 25 shall provide that if the owner does not redeem the
     1 26 dog within seven days from the date that the notice is
     1 27 delivered, the dog may be humanely destroyed or
     1 28 otherwise disposed of in accordance with law.  For
     1 29 purposes of this section, notice is delivered when the
     1 30 local board of health or law enforcement official
     1 31 mails the notice which may be by regular mail.  An
     1 32 owner may redeem a an impounded dog by having it
     1 33 immediately vaccinated and paying the cost of
     1 34 impoundment.
     1 35    3.  If the owner of the impounded dog fails to
     1 36 redeem the dog within seven days from the date of the
     1 37 delivery of the notice to the dog's owner as provided
     1 38 in this section, the impounded dog may be disposed of
     1 39 in accordance with law.  If the impounded dog is
     1 40 destroyed, it must be destroyed by euthanasia as
     1 41 defined in section 162.2.>
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     1 45 BAUDLER of Adair
     1 46 SF 406.701 82
     1 47 da/gg/8818
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