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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * WEST OFFICE BUILDING, SUITE W115

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035         February 2, 2007

Mr. President:

    The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 190, ANIMAL CRUELTY OFFENSES, by Senator G. Davis, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 21 :    

             21          .    provides that torturing an animal is a third degree felony

  and provides a definition of torture       ;


2.    Page 2, Lines 52 through 55 :    

             52          (A) animals kept or owned for agricultural purposes and cared for in accordance with
             53      accepted
  local       husbandry practices;

             54          (B) animals used for rodeo purposes and cared for in accordance with accepted
  local      

             55      husbandry practices;

3.    Page 3, Lines 62 through 63 :    

             62          (E) animals kept or owned for the purpose of
  training       hunting      {   dog   }        dogs       or      {   falcon   }        falcons            {   training   } and cared

             63      for in accordance with accepted
  local       husbandry practices.

4.    Page 3, Line 74 :    

             74      conditions.
  (f) "Torture" means a person:

    (i) intentionally or knowingly inflicts on another or subjects another to extreme physical pain or serious bodily injury as defined in Section 76-1-601; and
    (ii) acts under circumstances evidencing extreme cruelty or depravity.  


        Respectfully,

        Darin G. Peterson
        Committee Chair

Voting: 4-3-0
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