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TO AMEND SECTION 47-3-750 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT OF A DANGEROUS ANIMAL, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY DANGEROUS ANIMAL THAT ATTACKS A HUMAN BEING OR DOMESTIC ANIMAL MUST BE SEIZED AND IMPOUNDED WHILE ANY PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS PENDING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 47-3-750 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered new subsection to read:
"( ) If a law enforcement agent, animal control officer, or animal control officer under contract with a county or municipal government to provide animal control services has probable cause to believe that a dangerous animal has attacked a human being or domestic animal and caused bodily injury, the agent or officer must seize and impound the dangerous animal while any trial for a violation of this article or any civil action related to the attack is pending."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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