Bill Text: MI HB4534 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Animals; animal shelters; use of animal abuse registry by animal control shelters and animal protection shelters when allowing an animal adoption; require, and prohibit animal control shelters and animal protection shelters from allowing a person listed on an animal abuse registry to adopt an animal. Amends 1969 PA 287 (MCL 287.331 - 287.340) by adding sec. 8b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4535'13

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-01 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole [HB4534 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4534-Engrossed.html

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HB-4534, As Passed House, June 12, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1969 PA 287, entitled

 

"An act to regulate pet shops, animal control shelters, and animal

protection shelters; to establish uniform procedures and minimum

requirements for adoption of dogs, cats, and ferrets; and to

prescribe penalties and civil fines and to provide remedies,"

 

(MCL 287.331 to 287.340) by adding section 8b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 8b. (1) Before allowing an individual to adopt an animal,

 

an animal control shelter or animal protection shelter shall

 

conduct a search using ICHAT to determine whether that individual

 

has a prior criminal history for an animal abuse offense.

 

     (2) An animal control shelter or animal protection shelter

 

does not violate this act if the animal control shelter or animal

 

protection shelter searches for an individual on ICHAT as required

 

by subsection (1) and the search fails to disclose that the

House Bill No. 4534 (H-7) as amended June 11, 2014

 

individual has a prior criminal history for an animal abuse

 

offense.

 

     (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a pet shop that allows an

 

animal protection shelter to use pet shop resources, including, but

 

not limited to, the pet shop's premises, facilities, employees,

 

equipment, and advertising for pet adoptions, or to a pet shop that

 

works with an animal protection shelter but does not perform

 

adoptions except as an agent of the animal protection shelter. A

 

pet shop described in this subsection is not an animal protection

 

shelter and is not liable for any pet adoptions performed by an

 

animal protection shelter.

 

     (4) This section may be referred to as "Logan's law".

 

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