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FL S1320
Bill
AI Summary
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Defines "community cat" as an outdoor, free-roaming cat lacking visible owner identification, and establishes "community cat program" as a program involving veterinary examination, sterilization, rabies vaccination, ear-tipping, and return to original location.
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Declares that releasing a community cat through a community cat program does not constitute abandonment or unlawful release under Florida law.
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Allows counties and municipalities to enact ordinances related to community cat programs designed to humanely curtail community cat population growth, with immunity from criminal and civil liability for adopting such ordinances.
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Grants immunity from criminal and civil liability to veterinarians and community cat caregivers providing services under community cat programs, except in cases of willful and wanton misconduct.
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Makes technical revisions to existing animal control ordinance provisions, clarifying that local governments may enact ordinances regulating animal noise with penalties up to $500 fine or 60 days imprisonment per violation.
Legislative Description
Community Cats
Last Action
Died in Agriculture
5/3/2013