HB57 Summary

• Requires individuals to successfully complete a minimum 20-hour training program on animal cruelty investigation and prosecution, including instruction on animal husbandry practices, before being appointed as a county humane society agent.

• Mandates that proof of training completion, signed by both the training provider and county humane society chief officer, be filed with the county recorder before an appointment becomes final.

• Requires the county recorder to maintain a seventh separate record set for humane society agent training proofs and appointment revocation notices.

• Establishes that agents appointed before April 9, 2003, must file proof of training completion by December 31, 2004, or be automatically suspended until they do.

• Allows the mayor or probate judge who approved an agent's appointment to revoke it if the agent lacks required training or submitted false information, with written notice filed to the county recorder.