BILL NUMBER: AB 1825	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gordon and Maienschein
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Chang, Chiu,
Hadley, Kim, Lackey, Linder, Mullin, Quirk, Steinorth, Mark Stone,
and Williams)
   (Coauthors: Senators Allen, Block, Hill, Jackson, and Pan)

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2016

   An act to amend Section 31603 of the Food and Agricutural Code,
relating to dogs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1825, as introduced, Gordon. Vicious dogs: definition.
   Existing law provides for the designation and disposition of
certain categories of dogs as potentially dangerous or vicious dogs
pursuant to a specified judicial process, and requires that
designation to be included in the registration records of the dog.
Existing law defines the term "vicious dog" to include, among others,
dogs seized pursuant to specified animal cruelty laws.
   This bill would delete this category of dog from the
above-specified definition of "vicious dog."
   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 31603 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   31603.  "Vicious dog" means any of the following: 
   (a) Any dog seized under Section 599aa of the Penal Code and upon
the sustaining of a conviction of the owner or keeper under
subdivision (a) of Section 597.5 of the Penal Code. 

   (b) 
    (a)  Any dog  which,   that, 
when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, inflicts severe injury on
or kills a human being. 
   (c) 
    (b)  Any dog previously determined to be and currently
listed as a potentially dangerous dog  which,  
that,  after its owner or keeper has been notified of this
determination, continues the behavior described in Section 31602 or
is maintained in violation of Section 31641, 31642, or 31643.