HOUSE BILL No. 4708

June 11, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 328, entitled

 

"An act to regulate animals running at large; to provide for

compensation for damage done by animals running at large; to

prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 433.12).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) An animal shall not run at large in this state.

 

     (2) The owner of an animal shall not permit or enable his or

 

her animal to run at large in this state.

 

     (3) A person other than the owner of an animal shall not

 

wilfully willfully and knowingly enable an animal to run at large

 

in this state.

 

     (4) A person who violates this section is guilty of

 

responsible for a misdemeanor.civil infraction and shall be ordered

 

to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days


 

after the date it is enacted into law.