Amendment to the Dog Law of 1919

Amendment to the Dog Law of 1919 PA 551 of 2006
of all the things that could have been, should have been, our glorious legislatures adopted this piece of crap. What this does is get us used to the idea so they can make it mandatory later on. Effective March 30, 2007.

Act No. 551
Public Acts of 2006
Approved by the Governor
December 28, 2006
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 29, 2006
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2007
STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Reps. Bieda, Alma Smith, Vagnozzi, Wojno, Condino, Gonzales, Lipsey, Spade, Steil, Amos, Gleason, Hune, Gaffney, Vander Veen, Drolet, Brandenburg, Zelenko, Leland, Phillips, McDowell, Sheen and Hood
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5278
AN ACT to amend 1919 PA 339, entitled "An act relating to dogs and the protection of live stock and poultry from damage by dogs; providing for the licensing of dogs; regulating the keeping of dogs, and authorizing their destruction in certain cases; providing for the determination and payment of damages done by dogs to live stock and poultry; imposing powers and duties on certain state, county, city and township officers and employes, and to repeal Act No.347 of the Public Acts of 1917, and providing penalties for the violation of this act," (MCL 287.261 to 287.290) by adding section 14a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 14a. (1) When issuing a dog license pursuant to section 14, a county treasurer, city clerk, city treasurer, township treasurer, or the authorized agent of a city or township treasurer, including, but not limited to, a licensed veterinarian, an animal control shelter, or an animal protection shelter, shall also provide information to the dog owner regarding both of the following:
(a) The availability of microchip implantation and registration for dogs by a licensed veterinarian, an animal control shelter, or an animal protection shelter.
(b) The availability of a statewide tattoo identification registry for dogs maintained by the state department of agriculture.
(2) As used in this section, "animal control shelter" and "animal protection shelter" mean those terms as defined in section 1 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.331, and are facilities registered with the state department of agriculture pursuant to section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.336.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
approved by the Governor 12/28/2006 @ 5:04 PM 2006 ADDENDA