HB 406-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0625

01/05

HOUSE BILL 406-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the additional fee for the licensing and restraining of dogs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cooney, Graf 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill increases the additional fee for the licensing and restraining of dogs in cities and towns.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0625

01/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to the additional fee for the licensing and restraining of dogs.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Dogs and Cats; Penalties. Amend RSA 466:39 to read as follows:

466:39 City or Town Bylaws. The local governing body may make such additional bylaws and regulations concerning the licensing and restraining of dogs as it deems reasonable, and may affix penalties not exceeding $50 for a breach thereof. Such bylaws and regulations shall relate only to dogs owned or kept in such city or town, and the annual fee required for a license shall in no case be more than [$1] $3 in addition to the sum hereby required.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.