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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 999
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E FEE FOR ADOPTING A DOG, CAT OR
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMA L FROM A MUNICIPAL POUND AND
REQUIRING THE LICENSING OF SUCH CATS AND OTHER
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 22-332 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(c) The town treasurer or other fiscal officer shall pay from the dog 4
fund account the advertising expense incurred under the provisions of 5
this section upon receipt of an itemized statement together with a copy 6
of the advertisement as published. Any person who purchases a dog, 7
cat or other domestic animal as a pet shall pay a fee of [five] fifteen 8
dollars to the municipal animal shelter or dog pound and procure a 9
license and tag for such dog, cat or other domestic animal from the 10
town clerk, in accordance with the provisions of section 22-338, as 11
amended by this act. In addition to the [five-dollar] fifteen-dollar fee, 12
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may be charged the cost the municipality incurred, if any, to spay or 14
neuter and vaccinate the dog, provided such charge shall not exceed 15
one hundred fifty dollars. 16
Sec. 2. Section 22-338 of the general statutes is repealed and the 17
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 18
(a) Each owner or keeper of a dog of the age of six months or older, 19
except dogs kept under a kennel license as provided in section 22-342, 20
and each owner of a cat or other domestic animal adopted from a 21
municipal animal shelter or dog pound shall cause such dog, cat or 22
other domestic animal to be licensed in the town clerk's office in the 23
town where such dog, cat or other domestic animal is kept, on or 24
before June thirtieth, annually, or at such time as such dog, cat or other 25
domestic animal becomes six months old, and annually thereafter, on 26
or before June thirtieth. The owner or keeper shall pay to such town 27
clerk for such license the sum of [seven] ten dollars for each such 28
neutered male or spayed female dog, cat or other domestic animal and 29
the sum of [twelve] fifteen dollars for each such unneutered male dog, 30
cat or other domestic animal and each such unspayed female dog, cat 31
or other domestic animal, and [one] two additional [dollar] dollars in 32
each case as the town clerk's fee for issuing a tag and license as 33
provided in section 22-340. [Two] Three dollars from each license fee 34
collected for [a] such neutered or spayed dog, cat or other domestic 35
animal shall be deposited into the animal population control account, 36
established under section 22-380g. If an owner or keeper of [a] such 37
dog, cat or other domestic animal fails to procure a license as required 38
by this section, such owner or keeper shall pay the appropriate license 39
fee specified in this section, the town clerk's fee and a penalty of one 40
dollar for each month or fraction thereof [the] such dog, cat or other 41
domestic animal remains unlicensed. 42
(b) Any owner or keeper applying for a license for [a] such dog, cat 43
or other domestic animal under subsection (a) of this section, except 44
for those owners or keepers possessing a rabies vaccination exemption 45
certificate, or a copy thereof, issued pursuant to section 22-339b, shall 46 Raised Bill No. 999
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submit to the town clerk a rabies certificate signed by a licensed 47
veterinarian, or a copy thereof, stating that such dog, cat or other 48
domestic animal has been vaccinated against rabies, the date of the 49
vaccination and the duration of the immunity provided by the vaccine. 50
No license shall be issued unless the certificate indicates that the 51
immunity provided by the vaccine is effective at the time of licensing. 52
(c) Any owner or keeper applying for a license for [a] such dog or 53
cat pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that has been exempted 54
from vaccination against rabies pursuant to section 22-339b shall 55
submit to the town clerk a rabies vaccination exemption certificate 56
issued by the department, or a copy thereof, in lieu of a rabies 57
certificate. 58
(d) This section shall not apply to any dog, cat or other domestic 59
animal which is imported into this state for exhibition purposes and 60
which does not remain in this state for more than thirty days. Any 61
person may import, from another state, any licensed dog, cat or other 62
domestic animal with collar, tag and rabies vaccination certificate, and 63
keep the same in this state for not more than thirty days, without 64
complying with the provisions of this section. 65
Sec. 3. Section 22-380l of the general statutes is repealed and the 66
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 67
For each license issued pursuant to section 22-338, as amended by 68
this act, for an unspayed or unneutered dog, cat or other domestic 69
animal the town clerk shall collect a surcharge of [six] eight dollars 70
which shall be deposited by such clerk into the animal population 71
control account established pursuant to section 22-380g. 72
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 22-332(c)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 22-338
Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 22-380l
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Statement of Purpose:
To increase the fee paid by anyone adopting a dog from a municipal
shelter and to require the payment of such fee for anyone adopting a
cat or other domestic animal from a municipal shelter and to require
the licensing of such cats and other domestic animals.
[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.]