Nyx's law.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0325
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0057

Nyx's law.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Bovee and Blake

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; specifying that it is unlawful to recklessly or with criminal negligence injure or kill a police, fire or search and rescue animal as specified; providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 6
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5
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211(
a) is amended to read:

6
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5
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211
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Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited; penalties.

(a)

Any person who
:

(i)

K
nowingly, willfully and without lawful cause or justification permanently disables or inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for restitution by order of a court and shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonme
nt for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both
;
.

(ii)

R
ecklessly or through criminal negligence permanently disables or inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be
liable for restitution by order of a court and
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
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(END)

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