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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1816 By: McBride
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to rescue animals; creating Cali's
Law; designating and adopting the rescue animal as
the state pet; defining term; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 98.20 of Title 25, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as "Cali's Law". The
rescue animal is hereby designated and adopted as the state pet of
the State of Oklahoma. As used in this section, "rescue animal"
shall mean any companion animal adopted from an animal shelter
licensed pursuant to the Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter
Licensing Act or animal welfare or rescue organization that
facilitates the adoption or housing of companion animals with the
intention of finding permanent adoptive homes or providing lifelong
care for companion animals.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021 .
58-1-5672 AMM 01/10/21