Source: http://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_129th/billtexts/HP089101.asp
Timestamp: 2019-05-22 03:22:16
Document Index: 11475347

Matched Legal Cases: ['§3922', '§4', '§11', '§3923', '§3', '§12', '§3947', '§9', '§3950', '§4011', '§1', '§4', '§4016', '§1', '§4', '§4016', '§1', '§4042', '§1052', '§1053', '§2', '§1054', '§3', '§1055', '§1057', '§1058', '§1059']

HP0891, LD 1230, item 1, An Act To Update the Civil Animal Welfare Laws
LD 1230 Session - 129th Maine Legislature
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §3922, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2007, c. 664, §11, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §3923-A, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 664, §12, is further amended to read:
A. A service dog owned or kept by a person with a physical or mental disability if the person presents a service dog certification form approved by the department in consultation with the Maine Human Rights Commission;
Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §3947, first ¶, as amended by PL 2017, c. 404, §9, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §§3950-B and 3950-C are enacted to read:
A municipality, veterinarian, humane agent, animal control officer or animal shelter is immune from liability for performing any acts or duties under this chapter.
Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1997, c. 456, §4, is further amended to read:
D. Injures, overworks, tortures, torments, abandons or cruelly beats or intentionally mutilates an animal; gives drugs to an animal with an intent to harm the animal; intentionally gives poison or , alcohol or a scheduled drug as defined in Title 17-A, section 1101, subsection 11 to an animal; or exposes a poison with intent that it be taken by an animal. The owner or occupant of property is privileged to use reasonable force to eject a trespassing animal;
Sec. 6. 7 MRSA §4016, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 425, §4, is amended to read:
Sec. 7. 7 MRSA §4016, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A. Criminal violation. A person who fails to comply with subsection 1 commits a Class D crime.
Sec. 8. 7 MRSA §4042 is enacted to read:
2. Municipal procedure for stray livestock. A municipality shall retain custody of stray livestock under subsection 1 for a period of 10 days. The municipality is responsible for ensuring the proper care of the livestock while confined, including providing proper sustenance, shelter and necessary medical care. After 10 days, ownership of the livestock vests with the municipality or an animal shelter designated by the municipality, and the municipality or designated animal shelter may sell, adopt, give away or humanely euthanize the stray livestock. A municipality may reimburse a farm, holding facility or animal shelter for the care and housing of stray livestock pursuant to this section at the same rates as in section 3919-C. For purposes of this section, "municipality" includes a county under Title 30-A, section 7501 if the stray livestock has been found in the unorganized territory of that county.
Sec. 9. 33 MRSA §1052 is repealed.
Sec. 10. 33 MRSA §1053, as amended by PL 1995, c. 227, §2, is further amended to read:
Sec. 11. 33 MRSA §1054, as amended by PL 1995, c. 227, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 12. 33 MRSA §1055 is repealed.
Sec. 13. 33 MRSA §1057 is repealed.
Sec. 14. 33 MRSA §1058 is amended to read:
Sec. 15. 33 MRSA §§1059 and 1060 are repealed.
Sec. 16. Maine Revised Statutes headnote amended; revision clause. In the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 33, chapter 21, in the chapter headnote, the words "lost goods and stray beasts" are amended to read "lost goods" and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes.