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2008 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1289
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 9, 2008
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.1-796.77 of the Code of Virginia, relating to euthanizing animals.
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Patron-- Athey
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 3.1-796.77 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3.1-796.77. Prohibited methods for euthanizing an animal.

No animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a high altitude decompression chamber or a gas chamber.