Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB569 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB569
4	4	Y5MH6N2-1
5	5	By Representative Shaw
6	6	RFD: Commerce and Small Business
7	7	First Read: 15-Apr-25
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12	12	5 Y5MH6N2-1 04/15/2025 ZAK (L)ZAK 2024-2876
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14	14	First Read: 15-Apr-25
15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill would require persons operating
17	17	certain dog or cat boarding and grooming facilities to
18	18	have a licensed veterinarian or licensed veterinary
19	19	technician at the facility during business hours.
20	20	This bill would also provide for the enforcement
21	21	of this requirement, including the assessment of a
22	22	civil penalty.
23	23	A BILL
24	24	TO BE ENTITLED
25	25	AN ACT
26	26	Relating to pet care; to require persons operating
27	27	certain dog or cat boarding and grooming facilities to have a
28	28	licensed veterinarian or licensed veterinary technician at the
29	29	facility; and to provide civil penalties for violations.
30	30	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
31	31	Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
32	32	following terms have the following meanings:
33	33	(1) BOARDING FACILITY. Any place of business where the
34	34	commercial boarding, confinement, or otherwise keeping of at
35	35	least 100 dogs or cats may occur.
36	36	(2) CAT. Any domesticated member of Felis catus.
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66	66	(2) CAT. Any domesticated member of Felis catus.
67	67	(3) DOG. Any domesticated member of Canis lupus
68	68	familiaris.
69	69	(4) GROOMING FACILITY. Any place of business where the
70	70	commercial grooming of dogs or cats occurs that employs at
71	71	least 20 individuals in a calendar year.
72	72	(5)LICENSED VETERINARIAN. The term as defined in
73	73	Section 34-29-61, Code of Alabama 1975.
74	74	(6)LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN . The term as defined
75	75	in Section 34-29-61, Code of Alabama 1975.
76	76	(b) A person may not operate a boarding facility or
77	77	grooming facility in this state without a licensed
78	78	veterinarian or licensed veterinary technician at the facility
79	79	during business hours who is capable of advising on and
80	80	providing proper care to a dog or cat under the custody,
81	81	control, or care of the facility.
82	82	(c) The Department of Agriculture and Industries shall
83	83	enforce this section and shall levy a fine of not less than
84	84	five hundred dollars ($500) per violation.
85	85	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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