HB-6211, As Passed Senate, December 20, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 6211

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Wentworth, Lauwers, Victory, Vaupel, Alexander, Howell and Calley and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 

     A bill to amend 2000 PA 246, entitled

 

"Wolf-dog cross act,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 287.1002), as amended by 2016 PA 299.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Animal control officer" means a county animal control

 

officer as described in sections 29a and 29b of the dog law of

 

1919, 1919 PA 339, MCL 287.289a and 287.289b, or a city, village,

 

or township animal control officer as described in section 29c of

 

the dog law of 1919, 1919 PA 339, MCL 287.289c.

 

     (b) "Animal control shelter" or "animal protection shelter"

 

means an animal control shelter or animal protection shelter,

 

respectively, registered with the department as prescribed under

section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.336.

 

     (c) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural

 

development.

 

     (d) "Dog" means an animal of the species Canis familiaris or

 

Canis lupus familiaris.

 

     (e) "Expert on wolf-dog cross identification" means an

 

individual who has, cumulatively, no fewer than 10 years of

 

training and field experience in wolf and wolf-dog cross behavioral

 

and morphological characteristics and who is recognized as an

 

expert at the state and national levels by others in the same

 

field.

 

     (f) "Facility" means an indoor or outdoor cage, pen, or

 

similar enclosure where a wolf-dog cross is kept.

 

     (g) "Law enforcement officer" means:

 

     (i) A sheriff or sheriff's deputy.

 

     (ii) A village or township marshal.

 

     (iii) An officer of the police department of a city, village,

 

or township.

 

     (iv) An officer of the Michigan state police.

 

     (v) A peace officer who is trained and licensed or certified

 

under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act,

 

1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615.

 

     (vi) A conservation officer appointed by the department of

 

natural resources.

 

     (vii) An animal control officer.

 

     (viii) A law enforcement officer of the federal government

 

authorized to enforce any federal law regulating animals.

     (h) "Livestock" means that term as defined in section 5 3 of

 

the animal industry act, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.705.287.703.

 

     (i) "Local unit" means a city, village, township, or county.

 

     (j) "Permit" means a permit issued under section 4.

 

     (k) "Permitting agency" means the agency of a local unit that

 

issues permits under section 4.

 

     (l) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

 

association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

 

     (m) "Pet shop" means a pet shop licensed by the department as

 

prescribed under section 3 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.333.

 

     (n) "Veterinarian" means a person licensed to practice

 

veterinary medicine under article 15 of the public health code,

 

1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838.

 

     (o) "Wolf" means an animal of the species Canis rufus or Canis

 

lupus, but does not include an animal of the species Canis lupus

 

familiaris.

 

     (p) "Wolf-dog cross" means a canid resulting from the breeding

 

of any of the following:

 

     (i) A wolf with a dog.

 

     (ii) A wolf-dog cross with a wolf.

 

     (iii) A wolf-dog cross with a dog.

 

     (iv) A wolf-dog cross with a wolf-dog cross.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6205 (request no.

 

04193'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.