[nagdu] Fwd: HB 165 Law

[Buddy Brannan]

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



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> From: Passle Helminski <passle at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: HB 165 Law
> Date: June 15, 2012 9:04:44 AM EDT
> To: buddy at brannan.name
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Here's the language of the bill (I stripped out
>> all the line numbers and excess spaces to make
>> bill easier to read
>> 
>> Passle
>> 
>> Link to bill is:
>> <http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Publi>http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Publi
>> c/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM
>> <<http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Publ>http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Publ
>> ic/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&b
>> illBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0165&pn=3272>
>> &sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNb
>> r=0165&pn=3272
>> 
>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
>> 
>> OF PENNSYLVANIA
>> 
>> HOUSE BILL
>> 
>> No. 165 Session of 2011
>> 
>> INTRODUCED BY J. EVANS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, D.
>> COSTA, FLECK, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, KILLION,
>> KORTZ, MANN, MILLARD, MILNE, PAYNE, PYLE, RAPP,
>> READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, WATSON,
>> WHITE, DAVIS, BOBACK, YOUNGBLOOD, GINGRICH, MURT,
>> STERN, FARRY, HENNESSEY, McGEEHAN, COHEN AND
>> HORNAMAN, JANUARY 24, 2011
>> 
>> SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS
>> AMENDED, MARCH 27, 2012
>> 
>> AN ACT
>> 
>> Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the
>> Pennsylvania
>> 
>> Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
>> offense of cruelty to animals.
>> 
>> The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
>> Pennsylvania
>> 
>> hereby enacts as follows:
>> 
>> Section 1. Section 5511(a) of Title 18 of the
>> Pennsylvania
>> 
>> Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a
>> paragraph to read:
>> 
>> § 5511. Cruelty to animals.
>> 
>> (a) Killing, maiming or poisoning domestic
>> animals or zoo
>> 
>> animals, etc.--
>> 
>> (2.2) (i) A person commits a misdemeanor of
>> the second third degree if he is the owner or
>> co-owner of a dog that kills, maims or disfigures
>> a guide dog of an individual
>> 
>> who is blind, a hearing dog of an individual who
>> is deaf or audibly impaired or a service dog of an
>> individual who is physically limited without
>> provocation by the guide,
>> 
>> hearing or service dog or the individual.
>> 
>> (ii) A person commits an offense under this
>> paragraph only if the person knew or should have
>> known that the dog he owns or co-owns had a
>> propensity to attack human beings or domestic
>> animals without provocation.
>> 
>> (iii) Any person convicted of violating the
>> 
>> provisions of this paragraph shall be sentenced to
>> pay a
>> 
>> fine of not more than $5,000 and shall be ordered
>> to make
>> 
>> reparations for veterinary costs in treating the
>> guide,
>> 
>> hearing or service dog and, if necessary, the cost
>> of
>> 
>> obtaining and training a replacement guide,
>> hearing or
>> 
>> service dog.
>> 
>> Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
>> 
>> 
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