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2000 SESSION

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HB 1514 Animal pounds.

Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Animal pounds. Allows the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to impose civil penalties on animal shelters and county and city pounds that are violating Board regulations. The penalties may not exceed $1,000 per violation, and each day is considered a separate offense. In determining the amount of any civil penalty, the Board shall consider (i) the history of previous violations at the pound; (ii) whether the violation has caused injury to, death or suffering of, an animal; and (iii) the demonstrated good faith of the locality to achieve compliance after notification of the violation. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2001.

FULL TEXT

• 01/25/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 003853856  pdf
• 02/11/00  House: Committee substitute printed 003869856-H1  pdf
• 03/14/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1514ER)  pdf
• 05/05/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1010)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/00  House: Committee substitute agreed to 003869856-H1
• 01/25/00  House: Consent to introduce
• 01/25/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 003853856
• 01/25/00  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/07/00  House: Assigned to Agriculture sub-committee: 1
• 02/10/00  House: Reported from Agriculture w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/00  House: Committee substitute printed 003869856-H1
• 02/12/00  House: Read first time
• 02/14/00  House: Read second time
• 02/14/00  House: Committee substitute agreed to 003869856-H1
• 02/14/00  House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 003869856-H1
• 02/14/00  House: Constitutional reading dispensed (Block Vote) (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/00  House: Passed House (Block Vote) (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/00  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/16/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/16/00  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/28/00  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/00  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/00  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/00  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/14/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1514ER)
• 03/16/00  House: Enrolled
• 03/16/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/17/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/09/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1010 (effective 7/1/01)
• 05/05/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1010)