HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        907

(4) The Board may waive the requirements of this
subsection if a person can show just cause why that person is not
able to meet the requirements.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986 1987.

Approved April 29, 1986.

CHAPTER 203

(House Bill 406)

AN ACT concerning

Dogfighting - Criminal Penalty

FOR the purpose of altering the penalty for any person who uses
or permits a dog to be used in or arranges or conducts a
dogfight from a misdemeanor to a felony.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 59

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

59.

Any person who (1) overdrives, overloads, deprives of
necessary sustenance, tortures, torments, cruelly beats,
mutilates or cruelly kills; or (2) causes, procures or authorizes
these acts; or (3) having the charge or custody of an animal,
either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary suffering or
pain upon the animal, or unnecessarily fails to provide the
animal with nutritious food in sufficient quantity, necessary
veterinary care, proper drink, air, space, shelter or protection
from the weather; [or (4) uses or permits a dog to be used in,
arranges or conducts a dogfight;] or [(5)] (4) uses or permits to
be used any bird, fowl, or cock for the purpose of fighting with
any other animal, which is commonly known as cockfighting, is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000
or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both. ANY PERSON
WHO USES OR PERMITS A DOG TO BE USED IN OR ARRANGES OR CONDUCTS A