Substitute House Bill No. 6643
Public Act No. 19-8
AN ACT CONCERNING RE GIONAL ANIMAL CONTRO L
SHELTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22-331a of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):
Any two or more [contiguous] towns each of which has a
population of less than [twenty-five] fifty thousand, and which have or
will provide a dog pound facility within their region, by action of their
legislative bodies, may agree to be served by a regional animal control
officer. Upon certification of such agreement to the commissioner with
assurances from the towns so certifying that they will provide and
continue to provide adequate facilities and compensation for such
officer, the commissioner may, after giving due regard to the regional
aspects of the proposed facilities and whether the proposed region
would be in the best interests of the towns so certifying, establish such
region. Each person so appointed shall have the same powers and
duties within the region to which he is assigned as a municipal animal
control officer in each town therein. All costs of maintaining and
operating such pounds and administering and enforcing the laws
relating to dogs within such regions shall be paid in accordance with
the provisions of the agreement certified to the commissioner under Substitute House Bill No. 6643
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this section.