Bill Text: CT HB05368 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Extending Certain Pet Shop Licensee Requirements To Persons And Organizations That Import Animals For Adoption.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Signed by the Governor [HB05368 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05368-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5368
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 1070
Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
REP. HURLBURT, 53rd Dist.

AN ACT EXTENDING CERTAIN PET SHOP LICENSEE REQUIREMENTS TO THE ADOPTION OF ANIMALS AND CREATING AN IMPORTER LICENSE REQUIREMENT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to extend pet shop licensee requirements concerning animals for sale to animals for adoption and to establish an animal importer license requirement.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide greater protections to consumers who purchase or adopt animals from pet shops and individuals who import animals.