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H0472aa,aa......................................................by HORNBECK
DOGS - Amends existing law to define a vicious dog, to provide that a
vicious dog must be controlled and to provide penalties for failure to
control a vicious dog.
01/13 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/14 Rpt prt - to Loc Gov
01/23 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
01/28 Rpt out amen - to engros
01/29 Rpt engros - 1st rdg as amen
1st rdg as amen - to Jud
02/04 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/11 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/12 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/17 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 50-13-7
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Black(15), Bruneel,
Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth,
Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kempton, Kjellander,
Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger,
Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Tippets, Trail, Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- Barrett, Boe, Clark, Crane, Crow, Kellogg, Kendell, Pischner,
Robison, Stoicheff, Taylor, Tilman, Wheeler
Absent and excused -- Bivens, Black(23), Jones(9), Stone, Stubbs,
Watson, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Hornbeck
Title apvd - to Senate
02/18 Senate intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Loc Gov
02/24 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/25 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/10 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Stennett, Sweeney,
Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Sorensen
Floor Sponsor - Parry
Title apvd - to House
03/11 To enrol
03/12 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/13 Pres signed
03/16 To Governor
03/18 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 61
Effective: 07/01/98
H0472|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 472, As Amended, As Amended BY HORNBECK 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO DOGS; AMENDING SECTION 25-2805, IDAHO CODE, TO DEFINE A VICIOUS 3 DOG AND TO REQUIRE CONTROL AND PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO CONTROL A 4 VICIOUS DOG. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 25-2805, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 25-2805. DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE -- VICIOUS DOGS -- PENALTY. 9 (1) Any person, who, after complaint has been made by any person 10 to the sheriff, who shall serve a copy of said notice upon such person com- 11 plained of, wilfully or negligently permits any dog owned or possessed or har- 12 bored by him to be, or run, at large without a competent and responsible 13 attendant or master, within the limits of any city, town, or village or in the 14 vicinity of any farm, pasture, ranch, dwelling house, or cultivated lands of 15 another, or who wilfully or negligently fails, neglects or refuses to keep any 16 such dog securely confined within the limits of his own premises when not 17 under the immediate care and control of a competent and responsible attendant 18 or master, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 19 (2) Any dog which, when not physically provoked, physically 20 attacks, wounds, bites or otherwise injures any person who is not trespassing, 21 is vicious. It shall be unlawful for the owner or for the owner of premises on 22 which a vicious dog is present to harbor a vicious dog outside a secure enclo- 23 sure. A secure enclosure is one from which the animal cannot escape and for 24 which exit and entry is controlled by the owner of the premises or owner of 25 the animal. Any vicious dog removed from the secure enclosure must be 26 restrained by a chain sufficient to control the vicious dog. Persons guilty of 27 a violation of this subsection, and in addition to any liability as provided 28 in section 25-2806, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For a second 29 or subsequent violation of this subsection, the court may, in the interest of 30 public safety, order the owner to have the vicious dog destroyed or may direct 31 the appropriate authorities to destroy the dog.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07462
Require, control of and provides penalties for a vicious dog.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
Contact: Representative Twila Hornbeck
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
Bill No.
H 472