BILL NUMBER: ACR 56	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Linder
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Wilk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Dababneh and Harper)

                        APRIL 20, 2015

   Relative to the official State Pet.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 56, as introduced, Linder. 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.