BILL NUMBER: AB 1810	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maienschein

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to amend Sections 1834.5 and 1834.6 of the Civil Code,
relating to deposits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1810, as introduced, Maienschein. Deposits for keeping:
abandoned animals.
   Existing law requires a veterinarian, dog kennel, cat kennel,
pet-grooming parlor, animal hospital, or any other animal care
facility, as provided, to humanely destroy an abandoned animal, if
unable to place the animal with a new owner.
   This bill, instead, would authorize the euthanasia of the
abandoned animal under those circumstances.
    Existing law prohibits a person from using an abandoned animal
for experimentation and prohibits a person from turning over an
abandoned animal to a pound or animal regulation department of a
public agency.
   This bill, instead, would allow a person to turn an abandoned
animal over to a public animal control agency or shelter, society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, or humane society
shelter, provided that the shelter has been contacted and has not
refused to take the animal.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1834.5 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   1834.5.   (a)    Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, whenever  any   an 
animal is delivered to  any   a 
veterinarian, dog kennel, cat kennel, pet-grooming parlor, animal
hospital, or any other animal care facility pursuant to  any
  a  written or oral agreement entered into after
the effective date of this section, and the owner of  such
  the  animal does not pick up the animal within 14
calendar days after the day the animal was due to be picked up, the
animal shall be deemed to be abandoned. The person into whose custody
the animal was placed for care shall first try for a period of not
less than 10 days to find a new owner for the animal, and, if unable
to place the animal with a new owner,  shall thereafter
humanely destroy   may euthanize  the animal so
abandoned. 
   If 
    (b)     If  an animal so abandoned was
left with a veterinarian or with a facility  which 
 that  has a veterinarian, and a new owner cannot be found
pursuant to this section,  such   the 
veterinarian  shall humanely destroy   may
euthanize  the animal. 
   There 
    (c)     There  shall be a notice
posted in a conspicuous place, or in conspicuous type in a written
receipt given, to warn  each   a  person
depositing an animal at  such   an  animal
care  facilities   facility  of the
provisions of this section.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1834.6 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   1834.6.  An abandoned animal, as described in Section 1834.5,
shall not be used for scientific or any other type of 
experimentation, nor shall such an abandoned animal be turned over to
a pound or animal regulation department of a public agency.
  experimentation. An abandoned animal may be turned
over to a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, or humane society shelter,
provided that the shelter has been contacted and has not refused to
take the animal.