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  6. SB 183

SB 183

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • David Sessions
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Pet stores, regulation of, prohibit from providing false information on certifications, civil penalities, Dept. of Agriculture and Industries provided rulemaking authority, Agricultural Fund, created
Description

This bill would provide for the regulation of pet stores

This bill would provide certain restrictions on the sale, delivery, giving away, or transferring of dogs from a pet store to another person or entity, would prohibit pet stores from recklessly altering or providing false information on certifications required by the act for the sale or transfer of a dog, and would provide civil penalties for violations

This bill would require pet stores to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Industries, would provide for the issuance, denial, and suspension of licenses, and would provide for the deposit of licensure fees into the Agricultural Fund, created by the act

This bill would also reserve the regulation of pet stores to the state

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

Relating to pet stores; to provide certain restrictions on the sale, delivery, giving away, or transferring of dogs from a pet store to another person or entity; to prohibit pet stores from recklessly altering or providing false information on certifications required by the act for the sale or transfer of a dog; to provide civil penalties for violations; to require the licensure of pet stores by the Department of Agriculture and Industries; to create the Agricultural Fund; to reserve the regulation of pet stores to the state; to provide rulemaking authority for the Department of Agriculture and Industries; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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.

Subjects
Pet Stores

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
April 3, 2019 S Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry first Substitute Offered
April 3, 2019 S Pending third reading on day 7 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry with 1 substitute
April 3, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
April 2, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing April 3, 2019 Revised Agenda RM316 at 14:30 Senate AC&F Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB 183 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB 183 - Introduced
Bill Amendments Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry first Substitute Offered
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