AB 136 — Revises provisions relating to animals. (BDR 50-168)

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136–ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONSIDINE PREFILED JANUARY 28, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Natural Resources SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to animals.

(BDR 50-168) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

No.

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and (2) authorizes any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an animal has been subject to an act of cruelty to report that act to a peace officer, an officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is authorized to anrequires makethe arrestsowner or anoperator animalof controla officer.commercial establishment engaged in the business of selling access to live animals to interact with members of the public to post a sign of a certain size at the location in the commercial establishment where payment is made:

(NRS(1) 574.053,notifying 574.100) This bill requires the ownerpublic orthat operatorif of a commercialperson establishmentbelieves engagedthat inan theanimal businessis ofin sellingdanger accessor tohas livebeen animalssubjected to interactan withact members of theanimal publiccruelty, to post a sign of a certain size at the locationperson inmay thecontact commercialauthority. establishment where payment is made:

(1) notifying the public that if a person believes that an animal is the local animal control authority;

and (2) providing the telephone number for such authority.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the owner or operator of a commercial establishment engaged in the business of - 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – selling access to live animals to interact with the public shall conspicuously post, at the location in the commercial establishment where payment is made, a sign that is at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size and which contains the following notice in bold type:

operator4. of a commercial establishment engaged in the business of selling access to live animals to interact with the public who fails to conspicuously post a sign in the manner required by subsection 3 shall pay an administrative penalty of $100 for each day that the required sign is not posted.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, an owner or operator of a commercial establishment engaged in the business of selling access to live animals to interact with the public who fails to conspicuously post a sign in the manner required by subsection shall pay an administrative penalty of $100 for each day that the required sign is not posted.

The term includes, without limitation, an animal control agency, a law enforcement agency or a society for - *AB136_R1* – 3 – the prevention of cruelty to animals in which an officer is authorized to make arrests pursuant to NRS 574.040.

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