7660-02 Support House Bill 480 & SB 221

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RESOLUTION NO. 7660-02 BY: Corrigan, Dunu, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell. A RESOLUTION to support passage of House Bill 480 and Senate Bill 221 which are pending in the Ohio House and Senate, and urging that these bills be moved out of committee with recommendation for passage by the House and Senate. WHEREAS, House Bill 480 and Senate Bill 221 would provide companion animals increased protection against acts of animal cruelty, and WHEREAS, House Bill 480 and Senate Bill 221 increase the penalty imposed for certain acts of animal cruelty, including, but not limited to, abandomem or acts of cruelty committed while committing criminal trespass, and WHEREAS, House Bill 480 and Senate Bill 221 prohi"oit the owner or keeper of a companion anim~ from knowingly or negligently engaging in acts of cruelty including, but not limited to, torturing or maiming, and falling to provide food, water and shelter, and increases the penalties imposed for such acts, and WHEREAS, Council and City Administration acknowledge that Ohio's current animal cruelty laws are too lenient and acknowledge that certain acts of cruelty must be strictly proht"oited and that the penalties imposed for the most heinous acts of animal cruelty must be increased; now, therefore, OHIO: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF Section 1. That this Council and Administration do hereby support House Bill 480 and Senate Bill 221 and urge that the House Criminal Justice Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice vote to send these Bills to the House and Senate floor, as soon as poss~le, with recommendations for passage. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to State Representatives Ann Womer Benjamin and Brian Flannery, and State Senators W. 'Scott Oelslager and Dan Brady. Adopted: '~ ZO't 7-o'0 7..2. Approved:: President Cle~