ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED

BILL NO. 0065

ENROLLED ACT NO. 118, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating the crime
of injuring or killing specified animals used by law
enforcement and emergency agencies; providing elements of
the crime; providing penalties; providing definitions; and
providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 6-5-211 is created to read:

6-5-211. Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog,
search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited;
penalties.

(a) Any person who knowingly, willfully and without
lawful cause or justification inflicts serious bodily harm,
permanent disability or death upon any animal defined in
subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for
restitution by order of a court and shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.

(b) As used in this section:

(i) "Police dog" means any dog that is owned, or
the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement
agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection
of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or apprehension
of offenders;

(ii) "Police horse" means any horse that is
owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law
enforcement agency for the principal purpose of aiding in
the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or
apprehension of offenders;

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(iii) "Fire dog" means any dog that is owned, or
the service of which is employed, by a fire department, a
special fire district or the state fire marshal for the
principal purpose of aiding in the detection of flammable
materials or the investigation of fires;

(iv) "Search and rescue dog" means any search
and rescue dog that is owned, or the service of which is
utilized, by a fire department, a law enforcement agency, a
special fire district or the state fire marshal for the
principal purpose of aiding in the detection of missing
persons, including persons who are lost, who are trapped
under debris as a result of a natural, manmade or
technological disaster or who are drowning victims.

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Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.

(END)

Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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