BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1176| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SB 1176 Author: Aanestad (R) Amended: 6/21/10 Vote: 21 SENATE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE : 4-0, 4/6/10 AYES: Florez, Hancock, Hollingsworth, Wolk NO VOTES RECOREDED: Maldonado SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 SENATE FLOOR : 36-0, 4/26/10 AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo, Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Denham, DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Dutton, Florez, Hancock, Harman, Hollingsworth, Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza, Walters, Wiggins, Vacancy ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 8/16/10 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Animals at large: estrays: estray laws SOURCE : California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association DIGEST : This bill updates responsible party titles and references for cities and counties where estray laws or CONTINUED SB 1176 Page 2 ordinances, or regulations, are in force. Permits any city or county, which has established laws, ordinances, or regulations for non-bovine estrays, to opt out of this chapter's requirements for those estrays and follow their laws, ordinances or regulations. Assembly Amendments make clarifying changes and provides that a city, county, or city and county that establishes or has established laws, ordinances, or regulations regarding strays may opt to follow those laws, ordinances, or regulations instead of state laws in the handling of strays that are not bovine animals in accordance with the applicable laws, ordinances, or regulations of the city, county, or city and county. ANALYSIS : Existing law : 1. Provides definitions of estrays as "any impounded or seized bovine animal, horse, mule, sheep, swine, or burro whose owner is unknown or cannot be located;" authorizes the taking-up of estray animals; requires notice to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), upon the impound of a estray, and that the Secretary of CDFA shall take possession of estray bovine animals. Describes the handling and disposal requirements of estrays by the taker-up and authorized inspectors, including holding requirements based upon an animal's value. 2. Provides requirements for handling, holding and disposal or sale of dogs, cats and other animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, potbellied pigs, birds, lizards, snakes, turtles, or tortoises. Comments Due to hard economic times, some animal owners can no longer afford to feed or paddock their animals, so they turn animals loose in rural areas or into other property owners' pastures. Since 1998, horses can no longer be slaughtered in California and they cannot knowingly be sold for out-of-state slaughter, eliminating that option for disposal. With limited alternatives for disposal of horses CONTINUED SB 1176 Page 3 and limited funding to provide them proper care, they may be turned loose and become a city's or county's problem. According to the sponsors, California Agricultural Commissioners & Sealers Association, this bill is intended to clarify existing state law and local city or county procedures for handling estray (or stray) animals, other than bovine (cattle) animals. Further, this bill updates antiquated terms and references in state statute to eliminate questions regarding the applicability and use of local ordinances and rules in dealing with non-bovine estrays. The sponsors do not intend these changes to impact any state requirements or statutes regarding bovine animals. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: Yes SUPPORT : (Verified 4/20/10) (unable to reverify) California Agricultural Commissioners & Sealers Association (source) Tehama County ASSEMBLY FLOOR : AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Blakeslee, Charles Calderon, Davis, Vacancy TSM:do 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses CONTINUED SB 1176 Page 4 SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED