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Georgia House Bill 1570
Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions
HB 1570 - Crimes; destroying or injuring police horse; penalties
Page Numbers - 1/ 2
Code Sections - 16-11-107
1. White 161st 2. Randall 127th 3. Falls 125th
4. McKinney 51st 5. Mueller 152nd 6. Dixon 150th
House Comm: SJudy / Senate Comm: Judy /
House Vote: Yeas 156 Nays 0 Senate Vote: Yeas 51 Nays 0
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House Action Senate
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2/2/96 Read 1st Time 2/27/96
2/5/96 Read 2nd Time 3/13/96
2/8/96 Favorably Reported 3/13/96
2/26/96 Read 3rd Time 3/15/96
2/26/96 Passed/Adopted 3/15/96
3/28/96 Sent to Governor
4/9/96 Signed by Governor
847 Act/Veto Number
7/1/96 Effective Date
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Code Sections amended: 16-11-107
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HB 1570 LC 10 1587
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1- 1 To amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of
1- 2 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
1- 3 provisions with respect to dangerous instrumentalities and
1- 4 practices, so as to make it unlawful for any person to
1- 5 knowingly and intentionally destroy or cause serious or
1- 6 debilitating physical injury to a police horse when such
1- 7 person knows that the horse is a police horse; to provide
1- 8 penalties; to define a certain term; to provide an
1- 9 exception; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
1-10 purposes.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
1-12 Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the
1-13 Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
1-14 provisions with respect to dangerous instrumentalities and
1-15 practices, is amended by striking in its entirety Code
1-16 Section 16-11-107, relating to the crime of destroying or
1-17 injuring a police dog, and inserting in lieu thereof a new
1-18 Code Section 16-11-107 to read as follows:
1-19 "16-11-107. (Index)
1-20 (a) As used in this Code section, the term:
1-21 (1) 'Bomb detection dog' means a dog trained to locate
1-22 bombs or explosives by scent.
1-23 (2) 'Firearms detection dog' means a dog trained to
1-24 locate firearms by scent.
1-25 (3) 'Narcotic detection dog' means a dog trained to
1-26 locate narcotics by scent.
1-27 (4) 'Narcotics' means any controlled substance as
1-28 defined in paragraph (4) of Code Section 16-13-21 and
1-29 shall include marijuana as defined by paragraph (16) of
1-30 Code Section 16-13-21.
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LC 10 1587
2- 1 (5) 'Patrol dog' means a dog trained to protect a peace
2- 2 officer and to apprehend or hold without excessive force
2- 3 a person in violation of the criminal statutes of this
2- 4 state.
2- 5 (6) 'Police dog' means a bomb detection dog, a firearms
2- 6 detection dog, a narcotic detection dog, a patrol dog,
2- 7 or a tracking dog used by a law enforcement agency.
2- 8 (7) 'Police horse' means a horse trained to transport,
2- 9 carry, or be ridden by a law enforcement officer and
2-10 used by a law enforcement agency.
2-11 (7)(8) 'Tracking dog' means a dog trained to track and
2-12 find a missing person, escaped inmate, or fleeing felon.
2-13 (b) Any person who knowingly and intentionally destroys or
2-14 causes serious or debilitating physical injury to a police
2-15 dog or police horse, knowing said dog to be a police dog
2-16 or said horse to be a police horse, shall be guilty of a
2-17 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
2-18 imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five
2-19 years, or a fine not to exceed $10,000.00, or both. This
2-20 subsection shall not apply to the destruction of a police
2-21 dog or police horse for humane purposes."
SECTION 2.
2-22 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
2-23 repealed.
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