Bill Text
HOUSE BILL 1191
By Holt
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39
and Title 44, relative to animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-202, is amended by adding
the following language as a new, appropriately designated subsection:
( ) Any person who records by photograph or video a violation of subsection (a)
as committed against livestock shall, within twenty-four (24) hours of the photograph's or
recording’s creation:
(1) Report such violation to law enforcement authorities; and
(2) Submit any unedited photographs or video recordings to law
enforcement authorities.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013, the public welfare requiring it. |