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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 1176
Author: Aanestad (R)
Amended: 6/21/10
Vote: 21
SENATE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE : 4-0, 4/6/10
AYES: Florez, Hancock, Hollingsworth, Wolk
NO VOTES RECOREDED: Maldonado
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR : 36-0, 4/26/10
AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo,
Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Denham, DeSaulnier,
Ducheny, Dutton, Florez, Hancock, Harman, Hollingsworth,
Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Maldonado, Negrete
McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Runner, Simitian,
Steinberg, Strickland, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza, Walters, Wiggins, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 8/16/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Animals at large: estrays: estray laws
SOURCE : California Agricultural Commissioners and
Sealers
Association
DIGEST : This bill updates responsible party titles and
references for cities and counties where estray laws or
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ordinances, or regulations, are in force. Permits any city
or county, which has established laws, ordinances, or
regulations for non-bovine estrays, to opt out of this
chapter's requirements for those estrays and follow their
laws, ordinances or regulations.
Assembly Amendments make clarifying changes and provides
that a city, county, or city and county that establishes or
has established laws, ordinances, or regulations regarding
strays may opt to follow those laws, ordinances, or
regulations instead of state laws in the handling of strays
that are not bovine animals in accordance with the
applicable laws, ordinances, or regulations of the city,
county, or city and county.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law :
1. Provides definitions of estrays as "any impounded or
seized bovine animal, horse, mule, sheep, swine, or
burro whose owner is unknown or cannot be located;"
authorizes the taking-up of estray animals; requires
notice to the California Department of Food and
Agriculture (CDFA), upon the impound of a estray, and
that the Secretary of CDFA shall take possession of
estray bovine animals. Describes the handling and
disposal requirements of estrays by the taker-up and
authorized inspectors, including holding requirements
based upon an animal's value.
2. Provides requirements for handling, holding and disposal
or sale of dogs, cats and other animals, including
rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, potbellied pigs, birds,
lizards, snakes, turtles, or tortoises.
Comments
Due to hard economic times, some animal owners can no
longer afford to feed or paddock their animals, so they
turn animals loose in rural areas or into other property
owners' pastures. Since 1998, horses can no longer be
slaughtered in California and they cannot knowingly be sold
for out-of-state slaughter, eliminating that option for
disposal. With limited alternatives for disposal of horses
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and limited funding to provide them proper care, they may
be turned loose and become a city's or county's problem.
According to the sponsors, California Agricultural
Commissioners & Sealers Association, this bill is intended
to clarify existing state law and local city or county
procedures for handling estray (or stray) animals, other
than bovine (cattle) animals. Further, this bill updates
antiquated terms and references in state statute to
eliminate questions regarding the applicability and use of
local ordinances and rules in dealing with non-bovine
estrays. The sponsors do not intend these changes to
impact any state requirements or statutes regarding bovine
animals.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/20/10) (unable to reverify)
California Agricultural Commissioners & Sealers Association
(source)
Tehama County
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,
Cook, Coto, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng, Evans,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,
Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Blakeslee, Charles Calderon, Davis,
Vacancy
TSM:do 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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