HLS 10RS-578 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 313
BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY SMITH
ANIMALS/DOGS: Provides relative to license fees for dog breeders
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 3:2772(G)(introductory paragraph), relative to kennel licenses;2
to provide for license fees; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 3:2772(G)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and reenacted5
to read as follows: 6
ยง2772. Dog, cat, and kennel licenses fee and certificate; records7
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G. Any individual or business with five or more dogs and who breeds and9
sells dogs retail, wholesale, or to the public is required to procure a kennel license10
and pay a kennel license fee in lieu of the individual dog licenses and license fees11
provided for herein. The governing body of each municipality or parish may shall,12
by ordinance, fix the sum to be paid annually for the kennel license fee, which sum13
shall be dedicated solely for animal impoundment facilities and not be more than be14
a minimum of:15
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HB NO. 313
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Gary Smith HB No. 313
Abstract: Provides for the procurement of kennel licenses and fees for dog breeders and
requires the governing body of each municipality or parish to fix the sum for license
fees at minimum amounts.
Present law requires individuals or businesses with more than five dogs that breed and sell,
retail, wholesale, or to the public to procure kennel licenses and pay kennel license fees
instead of individual dog licenses and fees. Allows the governing body of each municipality
or parish to fix the sum paid annually for the kennel license fee and requires the fee to be
dedicated solely for animal impoundment facilities and not be more than $15 if no more than
five dogs over the age of six months are harbored on the owner's premises at the time of the
application, $25 for five to 10 dogs, and $30 for more than 10 dogs.
Proposed law would mandate the governing body of each municipality or parish to fix the
sum paid annually and changes the range of the fee from a maximum to a minimum.
(Amends R.S. 3:2772(G)(intro. para.))