Bill Text: CT HB05011 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5011 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Owners Of Dogs That Have Vicious Dispositions Or That Bark Excessively.

Spectrum:

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - File Number 137 [HB05011 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05011-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Committee Bill No. 5011*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 2399
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Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CONCERNING OWNERS OF DOGS THAT HAVE VICIOUS DISPOSITIONS OR THAT BARK EXCESSIVELY.

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

Section 1. Section 22-363 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

No person shall own or harbor a dog or dogs which is or are a nuisance by reason of vicious disposition or excessive barking or other disturbance, or, by such barking or other disturbance, is or are a source of annoyance to any sick person residing in the immediate vicinity. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction for the first offense and such person shall be issued a summons and fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both for each subsequent offense and the court or judge may make such order concerning the restraint or disposal of such dog or dogs as may be deemed necessary.