Bill Text: MN HF2857 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Potentially dangerous dog definition modified.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Policy [HF2857 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2857-Introduced.html
1.2relating to animals; modifying definitions of potentially dangerous dog;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 347.50, subdivision 3.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 347.50, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 3. Potentially dangerous dog. "Potentially dangerous dog" means any
1.7dog that:
1.8(1) when unprovoked, inflicts bites on a human or domestic animal on public
1.9or private property;
1.10(2) when unprovoked, chases or approaches a person, including a person on a
1.11bicycle, upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public or private property, other than the dog
1.12owner's property, in anapparent attitude of attack; or
1.13(3) has a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked, causing
1.14injury or otherwise threatening the safety of humans or domestic animals.
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 347.50, subdivision 3.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 347.50, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 3. Potentially dangerous dog. "Potentially dangerous dog" means any
1.7dog that:
1.8(1) when unprovoked, inflicts bites on a human or domestic animal on public
1.9or private property;
1.10(2) when unprovoked, chases or approaches a person, including a person on a
1.11bicycle, upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public or private property, other than the dog
1.12owner's property, in an
1.13(3) has a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked, causing
1.14injury or otherwise threatening the safety of humans or domestic animals.
