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HOUSE BILL NO. 232 – Cockfighting, penalties

HOUSE BILL NO. 232

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H0232..........................................................by EDUCATION
COCKFIGHTING - Repeals and adds to existing law to prohibit certain acts
relating to cockfighting; and to provide punishment.
                                                                        
02/17    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/18    Rpt prt - to Jud

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 232
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO COCKFIGHTING; REPEALING SECTION 25-3506, IDAHO CODE,  RELATING  TO
  3        THE  EXHIBITION  OF  COCKFIGHTS;  AND AMENDING CHAPTER 35, TITLE 25, IDAHO
  4        CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 25-3506, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROHIBIT
  5        CERTAIN ACTS RELATING TO COCKFIGHTING AND TO PROVIDE PUNISHMENT.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 25-3506, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    repealed.
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 2.  That Chapter 35, Title 25, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 10    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 11    ignated as Section 25-3506, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        25-3506.  COCKFIGHTING. (1) A person commits the crime of cockfighting  if
 13    the person knowingly does any of the following:
 14        (a)  Owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, buys, sells or offers to sell
 15        a bird for fighting exhibitions;
 16        (b)  Promotes,  conducts or performs any service in the furtherance of, an
 17        exhibition  of  cockfighting,  organizing  a  cockfight,   advertising   a
 18        cockfight,  or  providing  or  serving  as  a  stakes holder for any money
 19        wagered on a cockfight;
 20        (c)  Keeps, uses or manages any place kept or  used  for  the  purpose  of
 21        cockfighting; or
 22        (d)  Permits  any place over which the person has possession or control to
 23        be  occupied,  kept  or  used  for  the  purpose  of  an   exhibition   of
 24        cockfighting.
 25        (2)  Any  person  found  guilty of a violation of this section shall, upon
 26    conviction, be guilty of a felony and be punished by incarceration not exceed-
 27    ing two (2) years or  a  fine  of  not  more  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars
 28    ($15,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 14958C1

This legislation amends Chapter 35, Title 25, Idaho Code, defines
cock fighting, provides punishment, and makes cock fighting a
felony.


                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no impact to the General Fund.



Contact                                      
Name:  Rep. Donna Boe 
Phone: 332-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      H 232