AB136
AN ACT relating to animals; requiring certain persons that allow interactions between live animals and members of the public to post a sign with the contact information for the local animal control authority; providing an administrative penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to animals; requiring certain persons that allow interactions between live animals and members of the public to post a sign with the contact information for the local animal control authority; providing an administrative penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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AN ACT relating to animals; requiring certain persons that allow interactions between live animals and members of the pu
Existing law: (1) prohibits a person from engaging in cruelty to animals; and (2) authorizes any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an animal has been subject to an act of cruelty to report that act to a peace officer, an officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is authorized to make arrests or an animal control officer. (NRS 574.053, 574.100) This bill requires the owner or operator of a commercial establishment engaged in the business of selling access to live animals to interact with members of the public to post a sign of a certain size at the location in the commercial establishment where payment is made: (1) notifying the public that if a person believes that an animal is in danger or has been subjected to an act of animal cruelty, the person may contact the local animal control authority; and (2) providing the telephone number for such authority. This bill also: (1) imposes an administrative penalty against an owner or operator of such a commercial establishment who fails to conspicuously post the sign; and (2) exempts an accredited institutional member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums from the requirement to post such a sign. Close digest Existing law: (1) prohibits a person from engaging in cruelty to animals; and (2) authorizes any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an animal has been subject to an act of cruelty to report that act to a peace officer, an officer of a society for the preven
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