HB0065 - Injuring law enforcement and emergency animals-felony.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0235

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0065

 

 

Injuring law enforcement and emergency animals-felony.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Johnson, W.

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

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

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

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

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11         6-5-211.  Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog,
12  search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited;
13  penalties.

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15         (a)  Any person who knowingly, willfully and without
16  lawful cause or justification inflicts bodily harm,
17  permanent disability or death upon a police dog, fire dog,

 

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 1  search and rescue dog or police horse is guilty of a felony
 2  punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3)
 3  years.

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 5         (b)  As used in this section:

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

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

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

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

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10         Section 2.  This act is effective immediately upon
11  completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
12  as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
13  Constitution.

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15                         (END)

 

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