Compiled January, 2013
Our review of the annotated history reveals the following legislative history (every “c.” below represents a separate legislative bill):
Added: 1991, c. 4
Amended:
• 1998, c. 752: made technical changes; in subdivision (d) deleted “for a 72-hour period” after “of the animal” and added “to the end of the animal’s impoundment” “for three years after the date the animal’s impoundment ended”; in subdivision (k) added “or Section 597 or 597a”, added “or appropriate public entity” and “adoption or other”; in subdivision (k) substituted the 3rd, 4th and last sentences for the former 2nd and last sentences, and added last paragraph to the subdivision; and substituted new subdivision (l) for former subdivision (l).
• 2011, c. 553: in subdivision (a), in the fifth sentence and in subdivision (b), in the sixth sentence, inserted “or pursuant to a search warrant”; in subdivision (c), designated pars. (1) to (4); in subdivision (h), in the first sentence and in subdivision (j), inserted “or pursuant to a search warrant”; in subdivision (k), designated pars. (1) to (3) and in redesignated par. (2), in the first sentence, substituted “residing” for “having any contact”; and made a nonsubstantive change.
• 2012, c. 594: redesignated former subdivision (a) as new subdivision (a)(1); added subdivision (a)(2); and made a nonsubstantive change.
• 2012, c. 598: in subdivisions (a)(1), (b), (c)(4), and (f)(1)(E), substituted “full cost of caring” for “cost of caring”; in subdivision (e), substituted “euthanize” for “dispose of”; rewrote subdivision (f)(4); in subdivisions (h) and (i), substituted “seizing agency” for “impounding officer”; rewrote subdivision (j); inserted a new subdivision (k); redesignated former subdivision (k) as new subdivision (l); in newly designated subdivision (l)(2), rewrote the second sentence, which read: “In the event of the acquittal or final discharge without conviction of the arrested person, the court shall, on demand, direct the release of seized or impounded animals upon a showing of proof of ownership.” ; redesignated former subdivision (l) as new subdivision (m); and made nonsubstantive changes.
Five bills affected this section.
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