CHAPTER 128
SB 407-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
08/09
SENATE BILL 407-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to dog licensure.
SPONSORS: Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Rep. Babson, Carr 5; Rep. J. Phinizy, Sull 7
This bill requires town and city clerks to include with the annual list of owners who have failed to renew a dog license a list of those dog owners who have failed to license a new dog. This bill also extends the return date of the warrant in which is recorded the number of dog owners who received and paid a civil forfeiture, the number of dogs in the town or city which have been seized, and the number of owners who have received a summons for failure to pay the civil forfeiture or to license the dog.
This bill is a request of the pet overpopulation committee.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2618
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to dog licensure.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
128:1 Dog Licensure; Unlicensed Dogs. Amend RSA 466:14 to read as follows:
466:14 Warrants; Proceedings. The town or city clerk shall annually, between June 1 and June 20, present to the local governing body a list of those owners of dogs that have failed to license or not renewed their dog licenses pursuant to RSA 466:1. The local governing body shall, within 20 days from June 20, issue a warrant to a local official authorized to issue a civil forfeiture for each unlicensed dog. The warrant may also authorize a local law enforcement officer to seize any unlicensed dog. The civil forfeiture may be sent by certified mail, delivered in hand, or left at the abode of the dog owner. If the licensed dog is seized, it shall be held in a town or city holding facility for a period of 7 days, after which time full title to the dog shall pass to the facility, unless the owner of the dog has, before the expiration of the period, caused the dog to be licensed. The owner shall pay the facility a necessary and reasonable sum per day, as agreed upon by the governing body of the town or city and the facility, for each day the dog has been kept and maintained by the facility, plus any necessary veterinary fees incurred by the facility for the benefit of the dog. Before a local law enforcement officer seizes any unlicensed dog, a written warning shall be given to the dog owner.
128:2 Dog Licensure; Return of Warrant. Amend RSA 466:16 to read as follows:
466:16 Returns. Each local law enforcement officer to whom the warrant named in RSA 466:14 is issued shall return the warrant, on or before [July 30] August 31, to the local governing body issuing it and, shall state in the return the number of owners who received and paid the civil forfeiture, the number of dogs in the city or town which have been seized and held under the provisions of RSA 466:14, and the number of owners who have received summons to a district or municipal court for failure to pay the civil forfeiture pursuant to RSA 466:13 or to license the dog pursuant to RSA 466:1.
128:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.
(Approved: May 8, 2000)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2001)
LBAO
00-2618
12/16/99
SB 407-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to dog licensure.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004.