SB159 Alabama 2010 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Hinton MitchemDemocrat - Co-Sponsor
- T.D. “Ted” Little
- Session
- Regular Session 2010
- Title
- Emergency Management Agency, pet evacuation, EMA to adopt plans for household pets including service animals
- Description
Under existing law, the State Emergency Management Agency is directed and authorized to oversee the planning and implementation of a response program for emergency management. There is no specific requirement that the program for emergency management include any provisions for the evacuation and sheltering of household pets and service animals.
This bill would require the State Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with local emergency management agencies, to create a comprehensive plan for the evacuation and sheltering of household pets and service animals.
- Subjects
- Emergency Management Agency
Bill Actions
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature