SB 513 — AN ACT AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO AID CHILDREN AND ANIMALS LOCKED IN VEHICLES WHEN CONDITIONS ENDANGER THE WELFARE OF SUCH CHILDREN OR ANIMALS AND PROHIBITING THE PLACEMENT OF A CHILD OR ANIMAL IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO AID CHILDREN AND ANIMALS LOCKED IN VEHICLES WHEN CONDITIONS ENDANGER THE WELFARE OF SUCH ANIMALCHILDREN OR ANIMALS AND PROHIBITING THE PLACEMENT OF ANA CHILD OR ANIMAL IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.

General Assembly   CommitteeSubstitute Bill No.

513 January Session, 2017   LCO*_____SB00513ENV___022317____* No.AN ACT AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO AID CHILDREN AND ANIMALS LOCKED IN VEHICLES WHEN CONDITIONS ENDANGER THE WELFARE OF SUCH CHILDREN OR ANIMALS AND PROHIBITING THE PLACEMENT OF A CHILD OR ANIMAL IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.

3419   *03419SB00513ENV* Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT   Introduced by:

  (ENV)   AN ACT AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO AID ANIMALS LOCKED IN VEHICLES WHEN CONDITIONS ENDANGER THE WELFARE OF SUCH ANIMAL AND PROHIBITING THE PLACEMENT OF AN ANIMAL IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.

(NEW) (i) A paid or volunteer firefighter or police officer or emergency medical service personnel who renders emergency assistance to any child or animal placed in a locked motor vehicle during a time when weather conditions reasonably may be expected to threaten the health or welfare of such child or animal shall not be liable to such child, the parent or guardian of such child or the owner of such animal for civil damages for any injuries to such animalchild or animal, as applicable, or for any damages to such motor vehicle that result from acts or omissions by such person in rendering such emergency assistance that may constitute ordinary negligence.

(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) Any person who places a child or an animal, unattended, in a locked motor vehicle during a time when weather conditions reasonably may be expected to threaten the health or welfare of such child or animal shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars.

2 October 1, 2017 New section StatementENV ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

To authorize emergency response personnel to assist an animal that is locked in a vehicle when conditions pose a threat to the welfare of such animal and to make it a violation of the law to place an animal in such conditions.

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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:

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LEONE, 27th Dist.

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