HB0914 - Tennessee: Animals And Animal Cruelty

Companion Bill SB1190. Animals and Animal Cruelty - Provides that in animal cruelty prosecutions, if the defendant does not post court-ordered security to pay for expense of caring for the animal within 15 days, animal is forfeited and defendant loses all ownership rights; establishes provisions governing situations where person from whom animal was seized is not the owner and for situations where the owner is indigent. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0914 / SB1190Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0914 / SB1190 Present law authorizes any governmental animal control agency or humane society, chartered by this state, into whose custody a victimized animal is placed pending a criminal prosecution for animal cruelty, to petition [...]

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