10RS House Bill 517

House Bill 517

Actions

Last Action	to Agriculture & Small Business (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to animal impoundment.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1124
Sponsors	D. Owens, T. Riner
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 258 define "animal control officer," "humanely destroy," and "reasonable expenses"; allow animal control officers and agents of humane societies to take physical custody of any animal if they have a warrant or if they have reasonable cause to believe an animal is in imminent harm, cruelly treated, or tortured; allow governmental animal control agencies to file a petition with the court to request the owner or owners to appear in court; permit animal control officers and agents of humane societies to euthanize the animal if it is deemed by a licensed veterinarian to be past recovery; require the court to issue an order placing seized animals in the temporary care and custody of a public or private agency pending a hearing of the petition; require the courts to hold a hearing within 14 days of the order being issued; require 48 hours prior to the hearing that orders be served and notices be posted and published; require the owner or owners of animals seized by court order to either relinquish ownership temporarily or post a bond; define bond's sufficiency to secure payment of all reasonable expenses, with the agency or person with whom the animal's temporary care and custody was placed; allow the bond requirement to be waived if the owner is indigent; allow the court to either order ownership of the animal be placed with any public or private agency or be returned to the owner or owners; provide for full or partial refund of the bond based on final disposition of the case; amend KRS 258.505 to clarify that the prohibition against gunshot in animal shelter euthanasia does not apply to peace officers or animal control officers outside animal shelter situations.
Index Headings of Original Version	Fees - Animal impoundment, bonding for Local Mandate - Animal control agencies, animal impoundment, euthanasia, proceedings for Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Animal impoundment, bonding, euthanasia, court hearings, proceedings for Counties - Animal control agencies, animal impoundment, proceedings for Dogs - Humane Society, animal impoundment, bonding, euthanasia, court hearings, proceedings for Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Animal control agencies, animal impoundment, euthanasia, proceedings for

02/25/10	introduced in House
02/26/10	to Agriculture & Small Business (H)