Minnesota SF 756: Intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities payment rates modification

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to animals; providing for civil damages for failing to give notice of finding​
1.3 an estray; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 346.021.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 346.021, is amended to read:​
1.6 346.021 FINDER TO GIVE NOTICE.​
1.7 (a) A person who finds an estray and knows who owns the estray must notify the estray's​
1.8 owner within seven days after finding the estray and request that the owner pay all reasonable​
1.9 charges and take the estray away. A finder who does not know who owns an estray must​
1.10 either:​
1.11 (1) within ten days, file a notice with the town or city clerk and post a physical or online​
1.12 notice of the finding of the estray. The notice must briefly describe the estray or provide a​
1.13 photograph of the estray, provide the residence or contact information of the finder, and​
1.14 provide the approximate location and time when the finder found the estray; or​
1.15 (2) within seven days, surrender the estray to a local animal control agency or to a kennel​
1.16 as defined in section 347.31, subdivision 2.​
1.17 (b) For the failure to give the notice required in paragraph (a), the finder is liable to the​
1.18 owner of the estray in double the amount of damages sustained by the owner.​
1​Section 1.​
25-02228 as introduced​01/17/25 REVISOR BD/EN​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 756​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC, Lieske, Maye Quade, Wesenberg and Westlin)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​216​01/30/2025​
Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development​
Withdrawn and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​1264​04/01/2025​