SB202ENROLLED Page 0 SB202 KLYB5UU-2 By Senator Carnley RFD: Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry First Read: 06-Mar-24 1 2 3 4 5 SB202 Enrolled Page 1 First Read: 06-Mar-24 Enrolled, 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 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SB202 Enrolled Page 2 Section 2. This act shall become effective on October 1, 2024.29 SB202 Enrolled Page 3 1, 2024. ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives SB202 Senate 04-Apr-24 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed the Senate. Patrick Harris, Secretary. House of Representatives Passed: 07-May-24 By: Senator Carnley 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62