A026-1213

10 AN ACT CONCERNING 20 The Preponderance of Pitbulls

30 FOR the purpose of requiring that all residents of Maryland have Pitbulls for their safety and to allow them to 40 prosper and flourish 50 By Adding to 60 Article 24 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 70 Title 11 Licenses 80 Subtitle 5. Regulation of Animals 90 Annotated Code of Maryland 100 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE MARYLAND STUDENT LEGISLATURE, that 110 the laws of Maryland read as follows: 120 (a) Resident obliged to get Pitbulls 130 (1) Forcing residents under the authority of article 14 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, to get a pitbull 140 which must be under their protection, love and care. 150 (2) Establishing the Pitbull Police to enforce section 1 of this act. 160 (3) Declaring that the Pitbull Police shall charge those who violate section 1 with a time of 30 years 170 imprisonment in solitary confinement in order to induce correctional nature. 180 (4) Declaring that pitbulls are not inherently dangerous and instead are friendly to all Marylanders 190 (b) Offering a tax credit 200 (1) Granting every person who has a pitbull a $2,000 tax credit to encourage love and care. 210 (2) Penalizing residents who do not own a pitbull with a negative 220 income tax of $2,000. 220 (c) Repealing the dog bite policy 230 (1) Applying the exception pit bulls have under the law to all dogs 240 (2) Recognizing that dog owner negligence a separate cause of action and allowing victims to recover 300 money from an accidental dog bite 250 (3) Repealing the one bite rule and allowing owners of dogs to not be responsible for a dog bite if he 320 had actual or constructive knowledge of its ferocious nature. 260 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this act shall take effect July 1, 2012. 270 MANDATES: Martin OMalley, Governor of Maryland 280 Brian Frosh, Maryland State Senator, District 16 290 James Brochin, Maryland State Senator, District 42 300 Stephen W. Lafferty, Maryland House of Delegates, District 42 SPONSOR: Burkely Hermann, St. Marys College of Maryland