BILL NUMBER: SB 1462 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 992
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 30, 2000
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 31, 2000
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 29, 2000
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 28, 2000
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 11, 2000
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 29, 2000
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 24, 2000
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 2, 2000
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2000
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 27, 2000
INTRODUCED BY Senator Perata
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Aroner)
FEBRUARY 9, 2000
An act to add Section 596.7 to the Penal Code, relating to
animals.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1462, Perata. Rodeos: humane care of rodeo animals.
Existing law requires any traveling circus or carnival that
intends to perform in this state to notify, at least 14 days prior to
its first performance, each entity that provides animal control
services for a city, county, or city and county in which the
traveling circus or carnival intends to perform of its intent to
perform within that jurisdiction and of its schedule of performances.
A violation of this notice requirement is a fine of $500 to $2,000
for a first violation and a fine of $1,500 to $5,000 for a subsequent
violation.
This bill would similarly require the management of any
professionally sanctioned or amateur rodeo, as defined, that intends
to perform in any city, county, or city and county to ensure that
there is a veterinarian licensed to practice in this state present at
all times during the performances of the rodeo or on-call, as
specified. The attending or on-call veterinarian would have complete
access to the site of any event in the rodeo that uses animals. The
attending or on-call veterinarian would be authorized, for good
cause, to declare any animal unfit for use in any rodeo event. The
bill would provide for treatment, and specified duties of the
veterinarian and rodeo management, with respect to injured animals or
animals in holding chutes. A violation would be an infraction that
is punishable by fines, as specified above. By creating new crimes,
this bill would impose a state-mandated local program upon local
governments.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 596.7 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
596.7. (a) For purposes of this section, "rodeo" means a public
performance featuring competition between persons, which includes
four or more of the following events: bareback bronc riding, saddle
bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, or team
roping.
(b) The management of any professionally sanctioned or amateur
rodeo that intends to perform in any city, county, or city and county
shall ensure that there is a veterinarian licensed to practice in
this state present at all times during the performances of the rodeo,
or a veterinarian licensed to practice in the state who is on-call
and able to arrive at the rodeo within one hour after a determination
has been made that there is an injury which requires treatment to be
provided by a veterinarian.
(c) (1) The attending or on-call veterinarian shall have complete
access to the site of any event in the rodeo that uses animals.
(2) The attending or on-call veterinarian may, for good cause,
declare any animal unfit for use in any rodeo event.
(d) (1) Any animal that is injured during the course of, or as a
result of, any rodeo event shall receive immediate examination and
appropriate treatment by the attending veterinarian or shall begin
receiving examination and appropriate treatment by a veterinarian
licensed to practice in this state within one hour of the
determination of the injury requiring veterinary treatment.
(2) The attending or on-call veterinarian shall submit a brief
written listing of any animal injury requiring veterinary treatment
to the Veterinary Medical Board within 48 hours of the conclusion of
the rodeo.
(3) The rodeo management shall ensure that there is a conveyance
available at all times for the immediate and humane removal of any
injured animal.
(e) The rodeo management shall ensure that no electric prod or
similar device is used on any animal once the animal is in the
holding chute, unless necessary to protect the participants and
spectators of the rodeo.
(f) A violation of this section is an infraction and shall be
punishable as follows:
(1) A fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not
more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a first violation.
(2) A fine of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a
second or subsequent violation.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.