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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. McGee
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Introduced in the House on January 18, 2006
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Summary: Animal shelters
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/18/2006 House Introduced and read first time HJ-179
1/18/2006 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs HJ-179
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 47-1-180 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO ANIMAL SHELTER IN THIS STATE MAY DONATE, SELL, OR TRANSFER A LIVING ANIMAL FOR ANIMAL RESEARCH.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 47 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 47-1-180. No animal shelter in this State may donate, sell, or transfer, a living animal to a person, facility, program, or corporation or any other entity, public or private, for animal research."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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