Bill Text: MI HB5215 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Crimes; animals; penalties and prohibition to remove a dog collar; provide for under certain circumstances. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 70a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-12-28 - Assigned Pa 353'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5215 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5215-Engrossed.html

---

HB-5215, As Passed Senate, November 10, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5215

 

 

 

 

 

(As amended November 10, 2016)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 70a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 70a. (1) An individual other than the owner or the

 

authorized agent of the owner of a dog, or a law enforcement

 

officer, an animal control officer, or an animal protection shelter

 

employee acting in his or her official capacity, shall not

 

willfully or maliciously remove a collar <<OR A MICROCHIP>> from that dog

with the

 

intent to remove traceable evidence of the dog's ownership.

 

     (2) An individual who violates subsection (1) is responsible

 

for a state civil infraction and shall be ordered to pay a civil

 

fine of not less than $1,000.00 and not more than $2,500.00.

 

     (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the

 

civil or criminal liability of an individual under any other

 

applicable law of this state.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "authorized agent" means an

 

individual who has the permission of the owner of a dog to remove

 

that dog's collar.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 30 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.