1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to animal control; removing certain mandates;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2010, sections 347.14, subdivision 1; 347.565; repealing Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2010, sections 346.13; 346.14; 346.15; 346.155, subdivision 9.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 347.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Seizure; impoundment; presumption. Any person may seize, 
1.8 	impound, or restrain any unlicensed dog which the person may find running at large. The 
1.9 	fact that a dog is without a license attached to a collar shall be presumptive evidence that 
1.10 	the dog is unlicensed. The sheriff and sheriff's deputies or other police officer ~~shall~~ may
1.11 	seize, impound or restrain any dog for which no license has been issued and for which one 
1.12 	is required. Any officer who shall seize, restrain, impound, or kill any dog found in any 
1.13 	place without a license, as required under sections 347.09 to 347.20, upon delivery of such 
1.14 	dog or carcass and the proper disposal of the carcass and after making a report to the town 
1.15 	or city treasurer of the town or city in which the dog was seized or killed, showing that the 
1.16 	dog did not have a license, shall receive therefor a payment of $2, the same to be made 
1.17 	from any funds in the town or city treasury not otherwise appropriated.
1.18 	The county auditor shall reimburse the town for any expense incurred under section 
1.19 	347.10 and shall charge such expense to the dog license fund.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 347.565, is amended to read:
1.21 	347.565 APPLICABILITY.
2.1 	Sections 347.50 to 347.56~~must~~ may be enforced by animal control authorities or 
2.2 	law enforcement agencies, whether or not these sections have been adopted into local 
2.3 	ordinance.

2.4 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 2.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 346.13; 346.14; 346.15; and 346.155, subdivision 
2.6 	9, are repealed.