California Assembly Bill AB2414 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2414INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Sections 597u and 597v of, and to repeal Section 597y of, the Penal Code, relating to animal euthanasia. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2414, as introduced, Solorio. Euthanasia: animals. Existing law prohibits a person from killing any animal by using carbon monoxide gas or, except as specified, by intracardiac injection of a euthanasia agent on a conscious animal. With respect to the killing of any dog or cat, existing law prohibits a person from using a high-altitude decompression chamber or nitrogen gas. Existing law prohibits any person from killing a newborn dog or cat whose eyes have not yet opened by any method other than by the use of chloroform vapor or by inoculation of barbiturates. Existing law states that a violation of the above provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 597u of the Penal Code is amended to read: 597u. (a) No person, peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of a pound or animal regulation department of a public agency shall kill any animal by using any of the following methods: (1) Carbon monoxide gas. (2) Intracardiac injection of a euthanasia agent on a conscious animal, unless the animal is heavily sedated or anesthetized in a humane manner, or comatose, or unless, in light of all the relevant circumstances, the procedure is justifiable. (b) With respect to the killing of any dog or cat, no person, peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of a pound or animal regulation department of a public agency shall use any of the methods specified in subdivision (a) or any of the following methods: (1) High-altitude decompression chamber. (2) Nitrogen  gas   gas.   (c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.  SEC. 2. Section 597v of the Penal Code is amended to read: 597v. (a)    No person, peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of a pound or animal regulation department of a public agency shall kill any newborn dog or cat whose eyes have not yet opened by any other method than by the use of chloroform vapor or by inoculation of barbiturates.  (b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.  SEC. 3. Section 597y of the Penal Code is repealed.  597y. A violation of Section 597u or 597v is a misdemeanor.