5402-S AMH JUDI ADAM 054

SSB 5402 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Judiciary

ADOPTED 4/07/2009

    On page 5, line 9, after "second" insert "or subsequent"

    On page 5, line 11, after "has" strike all material through "for" on line 12 and insert "no more than two convictions of animal cruelty and each conviction is for animal"

EFFECT:  Provides that the court must ban possession of similar animals for any conviction subsequent to a second conviction (not just on the second conviction).  Clarifies that the ability to petition for restoration of the right to possess similar animals applies when the person has no more than two second-degree animal cruelty convictions. 

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