HOUSE AMENDMENT

    509-181AX-08                     Bill No. CS/HB 2237, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Villalobos offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 23, between lines 22 and 23 of the bill

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17         Section 24.  Subsection (7) of section 828.27, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         828.27  Local animal control or cruelty ordinances;

20  penalty.--

21         (7)  Nothing contained in this section shall prevent

22  any county or municipality from enacting any ordinance

23  relating to animal control or cruelty which is identical to

24  the provisions of this chapter or any other state law, except

25  as to penalty. However, no county or municipal ordinance

26  relating to animal control or cruelty shall conflict with the

27  provisions of this chapter or any other state law.

28  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the

29  governing body of any county or municipality is authorized to

30  enact ordinances prohibiting or regulating noise from any

31  domesticated animal, violation of which shall be punishable

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    509-181AX-08                     Bill No. CS/HB 2237, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  upon conviction by a fine not to exceed $500 or by

 2  imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 60

 3  days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each

 4  violation of such ordinance. This subsection shall not apply

 5  to animals on land zoned for agricultural purposes.

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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

10         On page 3, line 24, after the second semicolon

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13         amending s. 828.27, F.S.; authorizing counties

14         and municipalities to enact ordinances

15         prohibiting or regulating noise from

16         domesticated animals; providing

17         nonapplicability; providing penalties;

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