HB 162 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
25mar03... 0816h
2003 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 162
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill provides for the legalized killing of dogs who wound or kill certain domestic animals provided such domestic animals are on the property of their owner.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25mar03... 0816h
03-0450
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to remedies and penalties for injuries to domestic animals caused by dogs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Remedy and Penalties for Injuries Done by Dogs; Killing Dogs Legalized. Amend RSA 466:28 to read as follows:
466:28 Killing Dogs Legalized. Any person may kill a dog that suddenly assaults [the] a person while such person is peaceably walking or riding without the enclosure of its owner or keeper; and any person may kill a dog that is found out of the enclosure or immediate care of its owner or keeper worrying, wounding, or killing sheep, lambs, fowl, or other domestic animals, provided that such sheep, lambs, fowl, or other domestic animals are on the property of their owner.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.