00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 386(JUD)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to cruelty to animals and to the power of first and second                                             
02 class boroughs to prohibit cruelty to animals."                                                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 11.61.140(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  A person commits the crime of cruelty to animals if the person                                                   
06   (1)  knowingly [INTENTIONALLY] inflicts severe [AND                                                                
07 PROLONGED] physical pain or prolonged suffering on an animal;                                                         
08   (2)  with criminal negligence, [RECKLESSLY] neglects an animal and,                                                
09 as a result of that neglect, causes the death of the animal or causes severe physical                                 
10 pain or prolonged suffering to the animal; or                                                                         
11   (3)  kills an animal by the use of a decompression chamber.                                                          
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.35.200(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
13  (b)  A first class borough may by ordinance exercise the following powers on an                                       
14 areawide basis:                                                                                                         

01   (1)  provide transportation systems;                                                                                 
02   (2)  provide water pollution control;                                                                                
03   (3)  provide air pollution control in accordance with AS 46.14.400;                                                  
04   (4)  license day care facilities;                                                                                    
05   (5)  license, impound, prohibit cruelty to, and dispose of animals.                                                
06    * Sec. 3.  AS 29.35.210(a)(3) is amended to read:                                                                    
07   (3)  license, impound, prohibit cruelty to, and dispose of animals;                                                
08    * Sec. 4.  AS 29.35.210(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
09  (b)  A second class borough may by ordinance exercise the following powers on                                         
10 an areawide basis:                                                                                                      
11   (1)  provide transportation systems;                                                                                 
12   (2)  license, impound, prohibit cruelty to, and dispose of animals;                                                
13   (3)  provide air pollution control under AS 46.14.400;                                                               
14   (4)  provide water pollution control;                                                                                
15   (5)  license day care facilities.