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AL HB547
Bill
Status
4/19/2016
Primary Sponsor
James Martin
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AI Summary
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Amends Alabama Code Section 3-1-3 to expand liability of owners or keepers of vicious or dangerous animals for injuries caused by careless management or animals allowed to roam off their property.
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Establishes that owners or keepers who fail to properly contain animals on their property are responsible for all damages caused by free-roaming animals.
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Specifies damages include medical expenses, property damage (including fencing or livestock), and costs related to capture or containment by local officials.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Animals, vicious or dangerous, free-roaming, liability of owner or keeper, further provided, Sec. 3-1-3 am'd.
Animals
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
4/19/2016