HB0110 - Tennessee: Criminal Offenses

Companion Bill SB0142. Criminal Offenses - Creates Class E felony offense of failing to take all available means to terminate a dog attack on another and a Class A misdemeanor offense of failing to take all available means to terminate a justified dog attack on another once the threat no longer exists. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for HB0110 / *SB0142Increase State Expenditures - $6,600 / Incarceration* Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0110 / *SB0142 This bill creates the Class E felony offense of a dog's owner knowingly failing to take all available means to stop the dog from biting, attacking, or otherwise causing injury to another person. If the dog's attack is in defense of its owner or as a result of provocation by [...]

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