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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 997
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4812
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING DO G LICENSING FEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22-338 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
(a) Each owner or keeper of a dog of the age of six months or older, 3
except dogs kept under a kennel license as provided in section 22-342, 4
shall cause such dog to be licensed in the town clerk's office in the 5
town where such dog is kept, on or before June thirtieth, annually, or 6
at such time as such dog becomes six months old, and annually 7
thereafter, on or before June thirtieth. The owner or keeper shall pay to 8
such town clerk for such license the sum of [seven] ten dollars for each 9
neutered male or spayed female dog and the sum of [twelve] twenty 10
dollars for each unneutered male dog and each unspayed female dog, 11
and [one] two additional [dollar] dollars in each case as the town 12
clerk's fee for issuing a tag and license as provided in section 22-340. 13
[Two] Three dollars from each license fee collected for a neutered or 14
spayed dog shall be deposited into the animal population control 15
account, established under section 22-380g. If an owner or keeper of a 16 Raised Bill No. 997
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dog fails to procure a license as required by this section, such owner or 17
keeper shall pay the appropriate license fee specified in this section, 18
the town clerk's fee and a penalty of one dollar for each month or 19
fraction thereof the dog remains unlicensed. 20
(b) Any owner or keeper applying for a license for a dog under 21
subsection (a) of this section, except for those owners or keepers 22
possessing a rabies vaccination exemption certificate, or a copy thereof, 23
issued pursuant to section 22-339b, shall submit to the town clerk a 24
rabies certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian, or a copy thereof, 25
stating that such dog has been vaccinated against rabies, the date of the 26
vaccination and the duration of the immunity provided by the vaccine. 27
No license shall be issued unless the certificate indicates that the 28
immunity provided by the vaccine is effective at the time of licensing. 29
(c) Any owner or keeper applying for a license for a dog pursuant to 30
subsection (a) of this section that has been exempted from vaccination 31
against rabies pursuant to section 22-339b shall submit to the town 32
clerk a rabies vaccination exemption certificate issued by the 33
department, or a copy thereof, in lieu of a rabies certificate. 34
(d) This section shall not apply to any dog which is imported into 35
this state for exhibition purposes and which does not remain in this 36
state for more than thirty days. Any person may import, from another 37
state, any licensed dog with collar, tag and rabies vaccination 38
certificate, and keep the same in this state for not more than thirty 39
days, without complying with the provisions of this section. 40
Sec. 2. Section 22-380l of the general statutes is repealed and the 41
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 42
For each license issued pursuant to section 22-338, as amended by 43
this act, for an unspayed or unneutered dog, the town clerk shall 44
collect a surcharge of [six] eight dollars which shall be deposited by 45
such clerk into the animal population control account established 46
pursuant to section 22-380g. 47 Raised Bill No. 997
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 22-338
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 22-380l
Statement of Purpose:
To increase funds generated for the animal population control
program in order to pay veterinarians for their services and to enable
towns to better offset costs related to municipal animal shelters.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]