HOUSE BILL No. 5185

 

September 7, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Steil, Rick Jones, Coulouris, Hune and Wenke and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 

     A bill to amend 1919 PA 339, entitled

 

"Dog law of 1919,"

 

by amending section 1 (MCL 287.261), as amended by 1996 PA 63.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"dog law of 1919".

 

     (2) For the purpose of this act:

 

     (a) "Livestock" means horses, stallions, colts, geldings,

 

mares, sheep, privately owned cervids, llamas, alpacas, rams,

 

lambs, bulls, bullocks, steers, heifers, cows, calves, mules,

 

jacks, jennets, burros, goats, kids and swine, and fur-bearing

 

animals being raised in captivity.

 

     (b) "Poultry" means all domestic fowl, ornamental birds, and

 

game birds possessed or being reared under authority of a breeder's

 


license pursuant to part 427 (breeders and dealers) of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the

 

Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.42701 to 324.42714 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.42701 to 324.42714.

 

     (c) "Owner" when applied to the proprietorship of a dog means

 

every person having a right of property in the dog, and every

 

person who keeps or harbors the dog or has it in his or her care,

 

and every person who permits the dog to remain on or about any

 

premises occupied by him or her.

 

     (d) "Kennel" means any establishment wherein or whereon where

 

dogs are kept for the purpose of breeding, sale, or sporting

 

purposes.

 

     (e) "Law enforcement officer" means any person employed or

 

elected by the people of the this state, or by any municipality,

 

county, or township, whose duty it is to preserve peace or to make

 

arrests or to enforce the law, and includes conservation officers

 

and members of the state police.

 

     (f) "Hunting" means allowing a dog to range freely within

 

sight or sound of its owner while in the course of hunting legal

 

game or an unprotected animal.

 

     (g) "Privately owned cervid" means that term as defined in

 

section 6 of the animal industry act, 1988 PA 466, MCL 287.706.