Senate Bill sb1418

    Florida Senate - 2004        (Corrected Copy)          SB 1418

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-851C-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to cruelty to animals; amending

  3         s. 828.121, F.S.; providing a definition;

  4         providing that it is a third-degree felony for

  5         a person to intentionally drag or fell by the

  6         tail a bovine animal in an organized sports

  7         exhibition; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 828.121, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         828.121  Conduct of simulated bullfighting exhibitions;

14  bulltailing.--

15         (1)  As used in this section, the term "bovine animal"

16  means an animal of the subfamily bovine and includes, but is

17  not limited to, a steer, calf, bull, ox, heifer, or cow.

18         (2)  A It shall be unlawful, and punishable as a

19  misdemeanor, for any person may not to conduct or engage in a

20  simulated or bloodless bullfighting exhibition.

21         (3)  A person may not intentionally drag or fell by the

22  tail a bovine animal in an organized sports exhibition.

23         (4)(a)  A person who violates subsection (2) commits a

24  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.

25  775.082 or s. 775.083.

26         (b)  A person who violates subsection (3) commits a

27  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.

28  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (Corrected Copy)          SB 1418
    27-851C-04




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 3    Prohibits a person from intentionally dragging or felling
      by the tail a bovine animal in an organized sports
 4    exhibition. Provides criminal penalties.

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