BILL NUMBER: SCR 61	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        JULY 8, 2013

   Relative to the official State Pet.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 61, as introduced, Galgiani. Official State Pet.
   This measure would declare a shelter pet as the official State
Pet.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, There are currently around eight million abandoned pets
living in animal shelters in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Three to four million of these dogs and cats are
euthanized every year; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature seeks to raise public awareness of
shelter animals; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares a shelter
pet as the official State Pet; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.