Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 396 First Reprint (BDR 15-987)
Proposed by: Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
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Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting lines 9 through 12 and inserting:
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(a) Interfere with;(b) Beat, harass or intimidate; or
(c) Kill,
a guide dog, hearing dog, helping dog or other service animal.".
Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting lines 17 and 18 and inserting:
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(a) Paragraph (a) of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) Paragraph (b) of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(c) Paragraph (c) of subsection 1 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
".Amend sec. 5, page 2, by deleting lines 38 through 40 and inserting:
"Sec. 5. Chapter 574 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 6 and 7 of this act.
Sec. 6.
1. A person shall not willfully and maliciously:".Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 6 through 10 as sections 8 through 12 and adding a new section designated sec. 7, following sec. 5, to read as follows:
"Sec. 7.
1. A person shall not:(a) Willfully, unjustifiably and maliciously tamper or interfere with;
(b) Willfully and unjustifiably abuse or injure, or willfully and unjustifiably set on foot, instigate, engage in or in any way further an act of abusing or injuring; or
(c) Willfully and unjustifiably kill or willfully and unjustifiably set on foot, instigate, engage in or in any way further an act of killing,
a dog owned by another person that is used in an exhibition, show, contest or other event in which the skill, breeding or stamina of the dog is judged or examined.
2. A person who violates:
(a) Paragraph (a) of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Paragraph (b) of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(c) Paragraph (c) of subsection 1 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.".
Amend sec. 6, page 3, line 23, by deleting "
section 5" and inserting:"
sections 6 and 7".Amend sec. 8, page 6, between lines 4 and 5, by inserting:
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5. The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to an injury to or the death of an animal that occurs accidentally in the normal course of:(a) Carrying out the activities of a rodeo or livestock show; or
(b) Operating a ranch.
".Amend the title of the bill, third line, after "penalties;" by inserting:
"providing certain exceptions with respect to rodeos, livestock shows and ranches;".