ENTITLED An Act to allow a person to temporarily take responsibility of a feral cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering the animal.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 40-1-2.3 be AMENDED:
40-1-2.3. No person owning or responsible for the care of an animal may neglect, abandon, or mistreat the animal, except that any person may abandon a feral cat for which the person assumed responsibility with the sole purpose of spaying or neutering the cat. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
An Act to allow a person to temporarily take responsibility of a feral cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering the animal.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the:
Secretary of the Senate
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________,
2024 at ____________M.
By for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2024
ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2024 at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By Asst. Secretary of State
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