Bill Text: CT HB05422 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5422 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Awareness Of Heartworm Disease And The Standard Dog Licensing Form.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Public Hearing 03/07 [HB05422 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05422-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5422*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 1784
		01784_______ENV
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CONCERNING AWARENESS OF HEARTWORM DISEASE AND THE STANDARD DOG LICENSING FORM.

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

Section 1. Section 22-380g of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall (1) establish an animal population control program to provide for spaying and neutering services to eligible owners of dogs and cats, (2) establish an account to be known as the "animal population control account" that may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and any balance remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said account for the fiscal year next succeeding, (3) create a standard dog licensing form and distribute said form to veterinarians or the operators of pet shops, pet grooming facilities, municipal pounds or dog training facilities who voluntarily agree to make such forms available for the convenience of dog owners, (4) establish a program to assist registered nonprofit rescue groups with the sterilization and vaccination of feral cats, and (5) establish a program to sterilize and vaccinate dogs and cats owned by a low-income person. Such standard dog licensing form shall contain a check-off box for the purpose of indicating that such dog receives heartworm preventative medication.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	22-380g

Statement of Purpose:

To raise awareness concerning heartworm prevention in dogs by requiring the dog licensing form to contain a check-off box for the purpose of indicating that such dog receives heartworm preventative medication.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]