BILL NUMBER: AB 2505	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 597u of the Penal Code, relating to
animals.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2505, as introduced, Quirk. Animals: euthanasia.
   Existing law prohibits a person from killing an animal by using
carbon monoxide gas or intracardiac injection of a euthanasia agent
on a conscious animal, except as specified. With respect to the
killing of a dog or cat, existing law prohibits a person from using a
high-altitude decompression chamber or nitrogen gas. Under existing
law, a violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.
   This bill would, with respect to the killing of a dog or cat,
additionally prohibit a person from using carbon dioxide gas. By
expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 597u of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   597u.  (a)  No   A  person, peace
officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of a pound or animal
regulation department of a public agency shall  not  kill
 any   an  animal by using  any
  either  of the following methods:
   (1) Carbon monoxide gas.
   (2) Intracardiac injection of a euthanasia agent on a conscious
animal, unless the animal is heavily sedated or anesthetized in a
humane manner, or comatose, or unless, in light of all the relevant
circumstances, the procedure is justifiable.
   (b) With respect to the killing of  any   a
 dog or cat,  no   a  person, peace
officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of a pound or animal
regulation department of a public agency shall  not  use
any of the methods specified in subdivision (a) or any of the
following methods:
   (1) High-altitude decompression chamber.
   (2) Nitrogen  gas   gas.  
   (3) Carbon dioxide gas. 
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B 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 XIII B of the California
Constitution.