Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 222

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 35-46-3.

Synopsis: Killing a domestic animal. Makes it killing a domestic animal, a Class D felony, for a person to knowingly or intentionally kill a domestic animal without the consent of the owner of the domestic animal. Makes the offense a Class C felony if the person knew or reasonably should have known the domestic animal was located on real property that was owned by: (1) the owner of the domestic animal; or (2) a person who keeps domestic animals on the real property for the purpose of breeding, boarding, or training domestic animals. Makes domestic violence animal cruelty a Class C felony instead of a Class D felony if the vertebrate animal that is killed is a domestic animal.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Arnold




    January 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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SENATE BILL No. 222



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 35-46-3-4.4; (09)IN0222.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 35-46-3-4.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 4.4. (a) As used in this chapter, "domestic animal" means an animal that is not wild.
    (b) The term is limited to:
        (1) cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, poultry, ostriches, rhea, emus, or other birds;
        (2) an animal of the bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, canine, feline, avian, camelid, cervidae, or bison species; or
        (3) an aquatic animal that may be the subject of aquaculture (as defined in IC 15-11-7-1).

SOURCE: IC 35-46-3-12.3; (09)IN0222.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 35-46-3-12.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 12.3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally kills a domestic animal without the consent of the owner of the domestic animal commits killing a domestic animal, a Class D felony.
    (b) However, the offense described in subsection (a) is a Class C felony if the person knew or reasonably should have known that the domestic animal was located on real property that was owned by:
        (1) the owner of the domestic animal; or
        (2) a person who keeps domestic animals on the real property for the purpose of breeding, boarding, or training domestic animals.

SOURCE: IC 35-46-3-12.5; (09)IN0222.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 35-46-3-12.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.171-2007, SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 12.5. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally kills a vertebrate animal with the intent to threaten, intimidate, coerce, harass, or terrorize a family or household member commits domestic violence animal cruelty, a Class D felony.
     (b) However, the offense described in subsection (a) is a Class C felony if the vertebrate animal is a domestic animal.
SOURCE: ; (09)IN0222.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009] This act applies only to offenses committed after June 30, 2009.