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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 325 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1126 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act promoting pet safety aka Crawford's Law. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and MiddlesexVanna Howard17th Middlesex2/2/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 325 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1126 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1126) of Bruce E. Tarr and Vanna |
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| 19 | 19 | | Howard for legislation to promote pet safety aka Crawford's Law. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1131 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act promoting pet safety aka Crawford's Law. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 77C the following section 77D:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (a) A person who by willful, wanton, reckless, or negligent act causes the unnecessary or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4unjustified death of a cat or dog shall be liable in damages for the fair monetary value of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5deceased animal to the owner of the animal, including, but not limited to, damages for the loss of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6comfort, protection, companionship, other special damages, services of the deceased animal to its |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7owner; reasonable afterlife expenses of the deceased animal; court costs and attorney's fees; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8other reasonable damages resulting from the willful, wanton, reckless, or negligent act. Non- |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9economic damages shall have a cap value of $30,000.00 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 (b) Damages under this section for unnecessary or unjustified death sustained by an |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11animal shall be recovered in an action of tort by the aggrieved, commenced within three years |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12from the date, of death or from the date when the aggrieved knew, or in the exercise of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13reasonable diligence, should have known, of the factual basis for a claim of relief |
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