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HB4393 H ANR AM 2-12
JW - 3909
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources moves to amend the bill on page one, by striking out everything after the enacting section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §19-34-1, §19-34-2, §19-34-3, §19-34-4, §19-34-5, §19-34-6, §19-34-7, §19-34-8 and §19-34-9, all to read as follows:
(2) “Dangerous wild animal” means a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian or aquatic animal, including a hybrid, that is dangerous to humans, other animals or the environment due to its inherent nature. “Wildlife”, as defined by section two, article one, chapter twenty of this code, “agricultural animals”, as defined in section two, article ten-b and section two, article twenty-nine, chapter nineteen of this code, and “domestic animals”, as defined in this section, are excluded.
(A) Create a list of dangerous animals that may include but is not limited to:
(i) Bears (family ursidae);
(ii) Large Cats including lions, jaguars, leopards, tigers (genus panthera), clouded leopard (niofelis nebulosa), cheetah (acinonyx jubatus), cougar or mountain lion (felis concolor);
(iii) Non-human primates;
(iv) Conststricting snakes including boa constrictor (boa constrictor), all subspecies, anaconda (eunectes murinus), indian python (python molurus), reticulate python (python reticulatus), rock python (python sebae);
(v) Alligators (family alligatoridae);
(vi) Poisonous snakes including cobras, coral snakes (family elapidae), sea snakes (family hydrophidae), adders, vipers (family viperidae), pit vipers (family crotalidae), all venomous rear-fanged species (family colubridae);
(2) Enforce the permit requirements and set the fees for permits;
(3) Issue, renew, revoke and maintain records for dangerous wild animal permits;
(4) Annually review the list of prohibited dangerous wild animals to determine if animals should be added or subtracted from the list; and
(5) Address any other issues required by this article.
(6) The list shall not include animals native to this state.
(7) A person displaying dangerous wild animals at a fair or festival that has been pre-approved by the board; and
(b) Qualified exemption. -– The permitting provisions of this article do not apply to exhibitors or dealers licensed under the Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S C. §2132(e), as amended, at the time the rules become effective and who continue to have a valid exhibitors or dealers license. The board may revoke the permitting exemption for an exhibitor permit that have repeated, uncorrected citations in violation of the Animal Welfare Act, a conviction of an animal cruelty statute or a violation of sections seven or nine of this article.
(e) The civil liability imposed by this section is in addition to any other legal remedies for damages to person or property caused by a dangerous wild animal.”