Adopted by House 5-28-2009
SB501 HFAT Boggs and Webster 5-27
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Delegates Boggs and Webster move to amend the bill by striking
out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as
follows:
Enr. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 501--An Act
to amend and
reenact §7-10-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to
amend and reenact §19-20-8 of said code; and to amend and reenact
§30-10A-4, §30-10A-6 and §30-10A-8 of said code, all relating to
euthanizing animals; prohibiting the euthanizing of animals by use
of a gas chamber and providing an exception thereto; requiring all
persons or entities performing animal euthanasia to register with
the Board of Veterinary Medicine; allowing animal euthanasia
technicians to administer sedatives and tranquilizers; and
directing the Board of Veterinary Medicine to promulgate emergency
rules.