Under existing law, it is illegal to own, maintain, sell, or trade any canidae or felidae for which there is no USDA licensed rabies vaccine, under certain conditions.
This bill would further provide for the possession of certain canidae or felidae for which there is no USDA licensed rabies vaccine.
This bill would make it illegal to intentionally or knowingly possess, sell, transfer, or breed any living large felidae, wolf, or bear, with certain exceptions.
This bill would allow persons who lawfully possessed a large felidae, wolf, or bear prior to the effective date of this bill to keep the animal under certain conditions.
This bill would provide minimum caging requirements for any large felidae, wolf, or bear, under certain conditions.
This bill would provide penalties for violations.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Pending third reading on day 25 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Rereferred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Referred to Committee
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 390
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 389
McMillan Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 388
Agriculture and Forestry first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Source: Alabama Legislature