| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.902 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEJONES(88). |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2203H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter273,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtoinducingthe |
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| 8 | 8 | | deathofdogsandcats,withapenaltyprovision. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter273,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection273.361,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 273.361.1.Exceptasprovidedinsubsection2ofthissection,thesolemethodof |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2inducingthedeathofadogoracatinananimalcontrolagency,animalshelter,or |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3pound,assuchtermsaredefinedinsection273.325,shallbetheinjectionofsodium |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4pentobarbitaloraderivativethereof.Theuseofanyothermethodtoinducethedeath |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5ofadogoracatincluding,butnotlimitedto,theuseofnonanestheticinhalantssuchas |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6carbonmonoxideorcarbondioxidegas,adecompressionchamber,electrocution, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7gunshot,bluntforcetrauma,orinjectionofaneuromuscularblockingagent,shallbean |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8offenseasprovidedinsection273.347. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 2.Notwithstandinganyprovisionofsubsection1ofthissectiontothecontrary, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10anysubstancethatisclinicallyproventobeashumaneassodiumpentobarbitaland |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11thathasbeenofficiallyrecognizedassuchbytheAmericanVeterinaryMedical |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12Associationmaybeusedinlieuofsodiumpentobarbitaltoinducethedeathofadogor |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13acatifthedirectorhasdeterminedthatthereisashortageofsodiumpentobarbital. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14Anysuchdeterminationmadebythedirectorshallbevalidforaone-yearperiod |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15beginningonthedatesuchdeterminationwasmade. |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 3.Neitherachamberthatusescommerciallybottledcarbonmonoxidegasor |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17otherlethalgasnorachamberthatcausesachangeinbodyoxygenbymeansofaltering |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18atmosphericpressureorthatisconnectedtoaninternalcombustionengineandusesthe |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19engineexhaustforinducingthedeathofadogoracatshallbelawful. |
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| 32 | 32 | | âś” |
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| 33 | 33 | | HB902 2 |
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