This bill amends provisions related to a natural disaster.
This bill:
- requires a county, city, or town emergency operations plan to designate at least one emergency shelter in the county, city, or town, or a nearby county, city, or town, to accommodate an individual and an individual's household pet during an emergency subject to rules and guidelines established in the emergency operations plan;
- amends the offense of aggravated cruelty to an animal to include restraining a personal animal outside during a natural disaster; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 76-13-203