BILL NUMBER: SB 236	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator O'Connell

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2001

   An act to add Section 32005 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to animals.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 236, as introduced, O'Connell.  Dogs and cats: micro-chip:
owner's registry.
   Existing law regulates the ownership of dogs and cats, as
specified.
   The bill would make it a crime for any person to own, harbor, or
keep any dog or cat over the age of 4 months, unless that dog or cat
has been micro-chipped and the owner's identification has been
entered into a national registry approved by the Department of Food
and Agriculture.  By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program upon local governments.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 32005 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   32005.  It is unlawful for any person to own, harbor, or keep any
dog or cat over the age of four months, unless that dog or cat has
been micro-chipped and the owner's identification has been entered
into a national registry approved by the Department of Food and
Agriculture.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.