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| 22 | 22 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. This act may be cited as "Trooper's Law." 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 2. Section 828.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 828.13 Confinement of animals without sufficient food, 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | water, or exercise; abandonment of animals. — 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) As used in this section: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) "Abandon" means to forsake an animal entirely or to 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | neglect or refuse to provide or perform the legal obligations 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | for care and support of an animal by its owner. 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) "Natural disaster" means a situation in which a 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | hurricane, tropical storm, or tornado warning has been issued 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | for a municipality or a county by the N ational Weather Service, 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or the municipality or county is under a mandatory or voluntary 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | evacuation order. 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c)(b) "Owner" includes any owner, custodian, or other 25 |
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| 52 | | - | (d) "Restrain" means to attach a do g to a stationary 27 |
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| 53 | | - | object or trolley system by way of a chain, rope, tether, leash, 28 |
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| 54 | | - | cable, or other device. 29 |
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| 52 | + | (d) "Restraint" means a chain, rope, tether, leash, cable, 27 |
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| 53 | + | or other device that attaches a dog to a stationary object or 28 |
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| 54 | + | trolley system. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) Whoever: 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a) Impounds or confines any animal in any place and fails 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | to supply the animal during such confinement with a sufficient 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | quantity of good and wholesome food and water, 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) Keeps any animals in any enclosure without wholesome 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | exercise and change of air, or 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (c) Abandons to die any animal that is maimed, sick, 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | infirm, or diseased, 37 |
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| 64 | 64 | | commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or by a fine of not more 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | than $5,000, or by both imprisonment and a fine . 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (3) Any person who is the owner or possessor, or has 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | charge or custody, of any animal who abandons such animal to 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | suffer injury or malnutrition or abandons any animal in a 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | street, road, or public place without providing for the care, 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | sustenance, protection, and shelter of such animal commits is 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | provided in s. 775.082 or by a fine of not m ore than $5,000, or 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | by both imprisonment and a fine . 49 |
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| 88 | | - | natural disaster, and thereafter abandons the dog, commits a 51 |
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| 89 | | - | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided i n s. 775.082 52 |
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| 90 | | - | or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. 53 |
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| 88 | + | during a natural disaster commits a felony of the third degree, 51 |
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| 89 | + | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or by a fine of not more 52 |
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| 90 | + | than $10,000, or both. 53 |
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