HB2185 HJUD AMT

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The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill No. 2185 -- A BILL to amend and reenact §61-8-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the removal of animals left unattended in motor vehicles; defining terms, setting forth conditions likely to cause injury or death to an animal confined in a motor vehicle; setting forth circumstances and actions which may be taken by designated individuals to rescue and retrieve an animal in danger in an unattended vehicle; providing for written notice to the owner of the motor vehicle; providing for payment of fees and costs associated with the maintenance, care and medical treatment of an animal; limiting search of a motor vehicle during rescue; providing for seizure of items found in certain circumstances; providing for civil and criminal immunity to agencies or municipalities and their employees or agents who retrieve an animal; providing judicial discretion for psychological or psychiatric evaluation; and providing for criminal penalties.

Adopted

Rejected