Title
THE CHEROKEE NATION LIVESTOCK PROTECTION ACT OF 2024
Body
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This act shall be known as the Cherokee Nation Livestock Protection Act of 2024 and codified as Title 2, Section 41 and Title 4, Section 42.1 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to allow owners of livestock to protect their animals from dangerous dogs.
Section 3. Legislative History
None.
Section 4. Definitions
For purposes of this Title:
For purposes of this section:
1. "Livestock" means any cattle, bison, hog, sheep, goat, equine, domesticated rabbits, chicken or other poultry and shall include exotic livestock;
2. "Exotic livestock" means commercially raised exotic livestock including animals of the families bovidae, cervidae and antilocapridae or birds of the ratite group;
3. "Owner" means any person, firm, corporation, organization, or department possessing, harboring, keeping, having an interest in, or having control or custody of an animal.
Section 5. Substantive Provisions
Section 41 - Dogs Chasing Livestock - Right to Kill - Nuisance
A. It shall be lawful for a person to kill any animal of the family canidae or the family felidae found chasing livestock off the premises of the owner of the animal if the person is the owner or occupant of the property on which the animal is chasing the livestock or if the person is authorized to kill such an animal by the owner or occupant of such property.
B. The owner of any animal of the family canidae or the family felidae that kills or injures any livestock shall be jointly and severally liable to any person so damaged, to the full amount of the injury done and damages caused, including reasonable attorney fees and litigation expenses.
Section 42.1 - Owner Liable for Damages From Dogbites
The owner or owners of any dog shall be liable for damages to the full amount of any damages sustained when his dog, with...
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