HB1175 - Tennessee: Animals And Animal Cruelty

Companion Bill SB1438. Animals and Animal Cruelty - Authorizes persons lawfully on property where an animal is confined to use force against property to remove animal from threat of imminent danger; does not apply to livestock. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB1175 / SB1438Decrease State Revenues - Not Significant Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB1175 / SB1438 This bill authorizes agents of any state-chartered humane society, law enforcement officers, and any other persons lawfully on the property where an animal is being confined to use reasonable force against the property where necessary to provide relief to an animal that is in imminent danger of serious injury from [...]

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