Bill Text: MI SB1065 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Animals; other; facilities accredited by the association of zoos and aquariums; exempt from certain provisions of large carnivore act. Amends sec. 22 of 2000 PA 274 (MCL 287.1122).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-16 - Referred To Committee On Agriculture [SB1065 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB1065-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1065
September 16, 2014, Introduced by Senators PAPPAGEORGE and COLBECK and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend 2000 PA 274, entitled
"Large carnivore act,"
by amending section 22 (MCL 287.1122), as amended by 2013 PA 8.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
22. (1) Sections 3, 4, and
5 , and 6 do not apply to any
of the following:
(a) An animal control shelter or animal protection shelter.
(b) A person licensed or approved by the department of natural
resources of this state or by the United States fish and wildlife
service of the United States department of the interior. This
subdivision does not apply to a person in possession of 1 or more
black bears under the authority of a permit to hold wildlife in
captivity issued by the department of natural resources.
(c)
A zoological park approved or accredited by the American
zoo
and aquarium association of zoos and aquariums.
(d) A person approved by the association of sanctuaries or the
American sanctuary association.
(e) A law enforcement officer acting under the authority of
this act.
(f) A veterinarian temporarily in possession of a large
carnivore to provide veterinary care for or humanely euthanize the
large carnivore.
(2) Sections 4, 5, 6(1)(d) to (5)(d), 8, and 14(3) do not
apply to a person who is not a resident of this state and who is in
this state only for the purpose of travel between locations outside
of this state.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), this act does not apply to a
person who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is conducting a for-profit or nonprofit business, if the
primary purpose of that business is the presentation of animals
including large carnivores to the public for education or
exhibition purposes.
(b) Is a class C licensee that possesses and maintains a class
C license under 9 CFR parts 1 and 2.
(c) Meets or exceeds all standards, including but not limited
to standards for training, housing, care, and transport of large
carnivores, required of a class C licensee under 9 CFR parts 1 and
2.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (4), does not allow a
patron to do any of the following:
(i) Come into direct contact with a large carnivore.
(ii) Come into close enough contact with a large carnivore over
20 weeks of age so as to place the patron in jeopardy of being
harmed by the large carnivore.
(e) Does not sell large carnivores, except to another person
that meets the requirements of this subsection.
(f) Does not breed large carnivores.
(4) This act does not apply to a person who allows a patron to
come
into contact with a large carnivore under subsection (3)(d)(i)
or
(ii) 3(d) if
the large carnivore is a bear less than 36 weeks of
age or a bear weighing 90 pounds or less if the person otherwise
meets the requirements of subsection (3) and satisfies 1 of the
following:
(a)
The person was in possession of a bear on the effective
date
of the 2013 amendatory act that amended this section.March 26,
2013.
(b) The person acquired a business described in subsection
(3)(a)
from a person who was in possession of a bear on the
effective
date of the 2013 amendatory act that amended this
section.March 26, 2013.
(5) This act does not apply to a circus.
