Animals; Breeding Animals Responsibly and with Care Act; Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act; fees; fund; grant; requirements; rules; definition; fines; violation; forfeiture; exceptions; effective date.

This bill, called the "Breeding Animals Responsibly and with Care (BARC) Act," creates a fund from fees and penalties collected from commercial pet breeders and animal shelters. This fund will first pay for the administration and enforcement of licensing and inspections, then for public education, spay/neuter programs, and grants to eligible animal rescue organizations. The bill also changes the definitions for "commercial breeder" and "noncommercial breeder" by lowering the number of intact female animals required for these classifications, and it modifies rules for inspections of these facilities.

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