Bill Text: FL H0527 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Animal Control or Cruelty Ordinances
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee [H0527 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-H0527-Introduced.html
HB 527 |
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2 | An act relating to animal control or cruelty |
3 | ordinances; amending s. 828.27, F.S.; requiring a |
4 | county or municipality enacting an ordinance relating |
5 | to animal control or cruelty to impose a specified |
6 | surcharge on the civil penalty for violations of the |
7 | ordinance; specifying use of the proceeds of the |
8 | surcharge; providing construction; providing an |
9 | effective date. |
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11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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13 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section |
14 | 828.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
15 | 828.27 Local animal control or cruelty ordinances; |
16 | penalty.- |
17 | (4) |
18 | (b) The governing body of a county or municipality |
19 | enacting an ordinance relating to animal control or cruelty |
20 | shall |
21 | each civil penalty imposed for each violation of the |
22 | ordinance |
23 | the surcharge may be retained by the clerk of the court, $5 of |
24 | the surcharge |
25 | the costs of training for animal control officers, and the |
26 | remainder of the surcharge shall be used to subsidize the costs |
27 | of spaying or neutering dogs and cats whose owners voluntarily |
28 | submit their animals for sterilization. Owners of such animals |
29 | may not be charged more for the spaying or neutering than the |
30 | cost of sterilization less the subsidy paid from the surcharge. |
31 | This paragraph does not require the governing body of a county |
32 | or municipality to enact such an ordinance. |
33 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |
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