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HB297
48GLI3R-1
By Representative Hammett
RFD: Agriculture and Forestry
First Read: 06-Mar-24
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First Read: 06-Mar-24
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, animals that are killed or
otherwise die must be burned or buried within 24 hours
of death.
This bill would further provide the methods by
which these animals may be disposed.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to animals; to amend Section 3-1-28, Code of
Alabama 1975, to further provide the methods by which dead
animals may be disposed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 3-1-28, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง3-1-28
All owners or custodians of animals which that die or
are killed in their his or her possession or custody, other
than such as are those slaughtered for food, within 24 hours
shall cause the bodies of such animals to be burned or burn,
buried bury at least two feet below the surface of the ground ,
or otherwise dispose of the animals' bodies in accordance with
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or otherwise dispose of the animals' bodies in accordance with
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries rules . Hogs
dying from cholera or any other disease whatsoever shall be
burned. No such animal shall be burned or, buried, or disposed
of sufficiently near a residence or residences as to create a
nuisance. Any person individual violating this section,
whether by failure to burn or, bury, or dispose of an animal,
dying or being killed in his possession or by causing the same
animal to be burned in such proximity to a dwelling residence
or in such other way as to become a nuisance , shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more
than fifty dollars ($50).00."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2024.
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