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7	5		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 21
8	6		January Session, 2019
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20	18		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE
21	19		HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN MUNICIPAL ANIMAL
22	20		SHELTERS.
23	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	22		Assembly convened:
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26	24		Section 1. Section 3 of public act 14-205 is repealed and the 1
27	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
28	26		(a) There is established a task force to study the humane treatment 3
29	27		of animals in municipal and regional shelters and other matters 4
30	28		concerning the operation of such municipal and regional shelters. The 5
31	29		task force shall consider: (1) Recommendations for the establishment of 6
32	30		standards for the humane treatment of animals in such shelters; (2) 7
33	31		existing education and training standards for animal control officers 8
34	32		on current license laws; (3) rules and regulations regarding and 9
35	33		penalties for abuse; (4) the development of a system to track persons 10
36	34		who have been convicted of animal abuse in order to prevent such 11
37	35		persons from acquiring animals from shelters in other municipalities 12
38	36		or states; (5) the establishment of standards for such shelters to use 13
39	37		when evaluating potential adopters for such animals; (6) the 14
40		-	establishment of rules and responsibilities for volunteer groups that 15 Committee Bill No. 21
	38	+	establishment of rules and responsibilities for volunteer groups that 15
	39	+	Committee Bill No. 21
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47	44		work with such shelters and animal control officers; and (7) the 16
48	45		creation of a framework to coordinate the efforts of local humane 17
49	46		organizations with volunteer groups, foster groups and municipal and 18
50	47		regional animal shelters. 19
51	48		(b) In addition to the Commissioner of Agriculture or the 20
52	49		commissioner's designee, the task force shall consist of the following 21
53	50		members: 22
54	51		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 23
55	52		one of whom shall be a member of a local animal welfare advocacy 24
56	53		organization and one whom shall be a sworn officer of a municipal 25
57	54		police department; 26
58	55		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 27
59	56		of whom shall be an animal control officer and one who shall be a 28
60	57		representative of the judicial branch; 29
61	58		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 30
62	59		Representatives, who shall be a chief elected official from a town with 31
63	60		a population of more than twenty-five thousand persons; 32
64	61		(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be 33
65	62		a licensed veterinarian; 34
66	63		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 35
67	64		Representatives, who shall be a person who volunteers to work with 36
68	65		municipal animal shelters and animal control officers; 37
69	66		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be 38
70	67		a chief elected official from a town with a population of twenty-five 39
71	68		thousand persons or less; 40
72	69		(7) One appointed jointly by the speaker of the House of 41
73	70		Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate, who shall 42
74		-	be a member of the General Assembly; and 43 Committee Bill No. 21
	71	+	be a member of the General Assembly; and 43
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81	77		(8) One appointed jointly by the minority leader of the House of 44
82	78		Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a 45
83	79		member of the General Assembly. 46
84	80		(c) Any member of the task force appointed pursuant to subsection 47
85	81		(b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly. 48
86	82		(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 49
87	83		thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 50
88	84		filled by the appointing authority. 51
89	85		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 52
90	86		pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 53
91	87		from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 54
92	88		schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 55
93	89		later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 56
94	90		Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-15 of the general statutes, 57
95	91		no member of the task force shall receive mileage reimbursement or a 58
96	92		transportation allowance for traveling to or from a meeting of the task 59
97	93		force. 60
98	94		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 61
99	95		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to local 62
100	96		governments shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 63
101	97		(g) Not later than January 1, [2015] 2020, the task force shall submit 64
102	98		a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 65
103	99		committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 66
104	100		relating to local governments and the environment, in accordance with 67
105	101		the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force 68
106	102		shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 69
107	103		[2015] 2020, whichever is [later] earlier. 70
108	104		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
109	105		sections:
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111		-	Section 1 from passage PA 14-205, Sec. 3 Committee Bill No. 21
	107	+	Section 1 from passage PA 14-205, Sec. 3
	108	+	Committee Bill No. 21
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119		-	ENV Joint Favorable
	114	+	Statement of Purpose:
	115	+	To extend the work of the task force on the humane treatment of
	116	+	animals in municipal and regional shelters to January 1, 2020.
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	118	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	119	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	120	+	not underlined.]
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	122	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
	123	+	S.B. 21