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FACA Opposes HB 597 and SB 818!

HB 597 – Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies

GENERAL BILL by Abruzzo (CO-SPONSORS) Boyd; Perman; Porth; Roberson, K.

Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies: Creates “Animal Rescue
Act”; requires animal control agency or animal shelter that euthanizes
animals to maintain registry of animal rescue groups that are willing
to accept animals that would otherwise be euthanized; provides
eligibility criteria; provides criteria under which animal control
agency or shelter may reject applicant for registry or remove
participant from registry; provides application requirements;
authorizes animal control agency or shelter to require rescue group or
person to provide certain data each month; prohibits animal control
agency or shelter from euthanizing animal until animal agency or
shelter has notified appropriate animal rescue group or person listed
on registry; provides exceptions; authorizes animal control agency or
shelter to assess fee for each animal released to rescue group;
requires that each animal control agency or animal shelter provide for
public information on regular basis.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

SB 818: Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies

GENERAL BILL by Bennett; (CO-INTRODUCER) Gaetz

Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies; Creating the “Animal
Rescue Act”; requiring any animal control agency or animal shelter
that euthanizes animals to maintain a registry of animal rescue groups
that are willing to accept animals that would otherwise be subject to
euthanization; providing eligibility criteria for rescue groups and
persons desiring to be on the euthanization registry; providing
criteria under which an animal control agency or animal shelter may
reject an applicant for the euthanization registry or remove a
participant from the registry; requiring that certain specified
information concerning an animal rescue group be included in the
group’s application for inclusion on the euthanasia registry, etc.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012