HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 932        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1303

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to prevent animal cruelty..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 77 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the word “kind,” in line 18, the following words:- or fails to provide the animal with veterinary care to prevent unnecessary suffering,