00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 348                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to feral cats."                                                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 03.55 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                   
04                            Article 1A. Cats.                                                                          
05            Sec. 03.55.080. Feral cats. (a) Subject to the approval of the landowner, a                                
06 person may release a community cat on land from which the cat was originally taken.                                     
07 (b)  A person who releases a community cat under this section is exempt from                                            
08 state and municipal requirements applicable to ownership and care of domestic                                           
09 animals and the release of a community cat under (a) of this section does not constitute                                
10       abandonment.                                                                                                      
11            Sec. 03.55.095. Definitions. In AS 03.55.080 - 03.55.095,                                                  
12                 (1)  "community cat" means a feral cat that has been vaccinated for                                     
13       rabies, has had its left ear tip removed, and has been spayed or neutered;                                        
14                 (2)  "feral cat" means an unowned domestic cat living in a wild state                                   
15       that is unsocialized for domestic human environments;                                                             

01                 (3)  "landowner" includes state, municipal, and private landowners.                                     
02    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.930 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
03            (h)  This chapter does not prohibit the release of a community cat as allowed                                
04       under AS 03.55.080.