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Tethering. Restraining a domestic animal by tying the domestic animal to any object or structure by any means. Does not include using a handheld leash for the purpose of walking a domestic animal. Section 3. Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 4.340 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide as follows: 4.340 Animal Neglect. (2) Animal neglect in the second degree. A person commits the offense of animal neglect in the second degree if, except as otherwise authorized by law, the person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence: (a) Fails to provide minimum care for an animal in such person’s custody or control; or (b) Tethers a domestic animal in the person’s custody or control and the tethering results in physical injury to the domestic animal. (3) Animal neglect in the first degree. A person commits the offense of animal neglect in the first degree if, except as otherwise authorized by law, the person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence: (a) Fails to provide minimum care for an animal in the person’s custody or control and the failure to provide care results in serious physical injury or death to the animal; or (b) Tethers a domestic animal in the person’s custody or control and the tethering results in serious physical injury or death to the domestic animal. Section 4. Section 4.731 of the Eugene Code, 1971, including the Section title, is amended to provide as follows: 4.731 Bias Crime in the Second Degree. (1) A person commits a bias crime in the second degree if the person: (a) Tampers or interferes with property, having no right to do so nor reasonable ground to believe that the person has such right, with the intent to cause substantial inconvenience to another because of the person’s perception of the other person’s unhoused status, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation; (b) Intentionally subjects another person to offensive physical contact because of the person’s perception of the other person’s unhoused status, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation; or (c) Intentionally, because of the person’s perception of unhoused status, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation of another person or of a member of the other person’s family, subjects such other person to alarm by threatening: Ordinance - Page 2 of 5