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2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 216
BY SENATOR CARTER
ANIMALS. Creates the Louisiana Animal Shelter Registry. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S.3:2364(D)(11) and 2366, relative to animal shelters; to create the Louisiana
3 Animal Shelter Registry; to provide relative to the duties of the Louisiana Animal
4 Welfare Commission; to provide for voluntary registration of animal shelters; to
5 provide for definitions; to provide for registration form requirements; to require
6 certain records; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S.3:2364(D)(11) and 2366 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §2364. Louisiana Animal Welfare Commission
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11 D. Duties and functions. The commission shall have powers and duties
12 necessary to carry out its purpose, including but not limited to the following:
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14 (11) To establish and maintain the Louisiana Animal Shelter Registry.
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16 §2366. Louisiana Animal Shelter Registry
17 A. The legislature finds that the establishment and maintenance of a
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1 voluntary animal shelter registry will enable the Louisiana Animal Welfare
2 Commission to carry out its duties.
3 B. As used in this Section, the following terms are defined as follows:
4 (1) "Commission" means the Louisiana Animal Welfare Commission.
5 (2) "Public animal shelter" means an animal shelter owned, operated,
6 or designated for the purpose of impoundment of animals by any parish,
7 municipality, or other subdivision of the state.
8 C. The commission shall establish and maintain a registry for animal
9 shelters called the Louisiana Animal Shelter Registry.
10 D. On or before the first day of February of each calendar year, each
11 parish governing authority may submit to the commission a list of all public
12 animal shelters located within the parish's jurisdiction. The list shall include:
13 (1) The name, physical address, mailing address, contact number, and
14 email address of the public animal shelter.
15 (2) The name, physical address, mailing address, contact number, and
16 email address of the operator of the public animal shelter.
17 (3) The name and contact information for the parish or municipal animal
18 control officer.
19 (4) The hours of operation.
20 E. On or before the first day of February of each calendar year, each
21 public animal shelter may submit the following to the commission:
22 (1) The Basic Animal Data Matrix, submitted as "transparent" data, to
23 the Shelter Animal Counts database found at
24 http://www.shelteranimalscount.org. Public animal shelters may submit the
25 matrix electronically through this website or fill it out manually and mail it to
26 the commission, which will input the data on behalf of the shelter.
27 (2) A brief narrative description, not to exceed two pages of twelve point
28 font, of how the animal shelter is ensuring compliance with the provisions of
29 R.S. 3:2461 et seq. and R.S. 3:2471 et seq.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Curry Lann.
DIGEST
SB 216 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Carter
Present law provides for the duties and functions of the Louisiana Animal Welfare
Commission (commission).
Proposed law requires the commission to establish and maintain the Louisiana Animal
Shelter Registry.
Proposed law provides for the following definitions:
(1) "Commission" means the Louisiana Animal Welfare Commission.
(2)"Public animal shelter" means an animal shelter owned, operated, or designated for
the purpose of impoundment of animals by any parish, municipality, or other
subdivision of the state.
Proposed law authorizes each parish governing authority to submit to the commission a list
of all public animal shelters located within the parish's jurisdiction. The list shall include:
(1)The name, physical address, mailing address, contact number, and email address of
the public animal shelter.
(2)The name, physical address, mailing address, contact number, and email address of
the operator of the public animal shelter.
(3)The name and contact information for the parish or municipal animal control officer.
(4)The hours of operation.
Proposed law authorizes each public animal shelter to submit the following to the
commission:
(1) The Basic Animal Data Matrix, submitted as "transparent" data, to the Shelter
Animal Counts database found at http://www.shelteranimalscount.org. Public animal
shelters may submit the matrix electronically through the website or fill it out
manually and mail it to the commission, which will input the data on behalf of the
shelter.
(2)A brief narrative description, not to exceed two pages of twelve point font, of how
the animal shelter is ensuring compliance with the provisions of present law.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S.3:2364(D)(11) and 2366)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry,
Aquaculture, and Rural Development to the original bill
1. Deletes provisions requiring parish governing authorities and municipalities
to register with the commission and instead authorizes them to submit a list
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of all public animal shelters located within their jurisdiction.
2. Deletes registration form requirements.
3. Authorizes each public animal shelter to submit certain information to the
commission.
4. Provides for definitions and technical changes.
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