Bill Text: MI HB4913 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Animals; dogs; dog license application; allow for a voluntary $10.00 contribution and earmark revenue to the veterans service dog fund. Amends sec. 6 of 1919 PA 339 (MCL 287.266). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4912'15

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 27-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-09-30 - Printed Bill Filed 09/30/2015 [HB4913 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4913-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4913

 

September 29, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Hughes, Barrett, Chatfield, Kelly, Muxlow, Bizon, Crawford, Sheppard, Franz, Leutheuser, Price, Heise, Vaupel, Jenkins, Canfield, Rutledge, Graves, Outman, Rendon, Talabi, Lane, Faris, Cole, Howrylak, Glenn, Hooker, Pagel, Goike, Inman, Lauwers, Yonker and Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1919 PA 339, entitled

 

"Dog law of 1919,"

 

by amending section 6 (MCL 287.266), as amended by 2010 PA 18.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6. (1) The owner of a dog that is 4 or more months old

 

shall apply to the treasurer of the county or, except as provided

 

in section 14, the treasurer of the township or city where the

 

owner resides, or to the treasurer's authorized agent, for a

 

license for each dog owned or kept by him or her.

 

     (2) Unless the county board of commissioners adopts a

 

resolution under subsection (3), the owner shall apply for a

 

license annually on or before March 1.

 

     (3) The county board of commissioners of a county may adopt a

 

resolution during the 60-day period before the beginning of the

 

county's fiscal year providing when the owner of a dog that is

 

required to be licensed under subsection (1) section 2 must apply

 

for a license. Before adopting the resolution, the county board of

 

commissioners shall obtain the county treasurer's written approval

 

of the resolution. Subject to subsection (4), the resolution shall

 

provide for 1 of the following:

 

     (a) That the owner apply for a license by March 1 every year

 

or every third year, at the owner's option.

 

     (b) That the owner apply for a license by June 1 every year.

 

     (c) That the owner apply for a license by June 1 every year or

 

every third year, at the owner's option.

 

     (d) That the owner apply for a license by the last day of the

 

month of the dog's current rabies vaccination, every year.

 

     (e) That the owner apply for a license by the last day of the

 

month of the dog's current rabies vaccination, every third year.

 

     (f) That the owner apply for a license by 1 of the following,

 

at the owner's option:

 

     (i) The last day of the month of the dog's current rabies

 

vaccination every year.

 

     (ii) The last day of the month of the dog's current rabies

 

vaccination, every third year.

 

     (4) A resolution adopted under subsection (3) shall include

 

necessary provisions for conversion to a new licensing schedule.

 

The resolution may extend the effective period of outstanding

 

licenses but shall not shorten the effective period of outstanding

 

licenses or prorate license fees.

 

     (5) The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color,

 

and markings of the dog, and the name and address of the last

 

previous owner. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,

 

the application for a license shall be accompanied by a valid

 

certificate of a current vaccination for rabies, with a vaccine

 

licensed by the United States department of agriculture, Department

 

of Agriculture, signed by an accredited veterinarian. The

 

certificate for vaccination for rabies shall state the month and

 

year of expiration for the rabies vaccination, in the

 

veterinarian's opinion. If the application for a license is

 

submitted electronically, the owner of the dog is not required to

 

provide a valid certificate of a current vaccination for rabies if

 

the dog was licensed the previous year and the dog's current rabies

 

vaccination on record with the treasurer of the county or, except

 

as provided in section 14, the treasurer of the township or city

 

where the owner resides, or the treasurer's authorized agent, is

 

still valid. A license shall not be issued in a county that has

 

adopted a provision described under subsection (3)(d), (e), or (f)

 

if the dog's current rabies vaccination will expire more than 1

 

month before the date on which that license would expire. When

 

applying for a license, the owner shall pay the license fee

 

provided for in the county budget. The county board of

 

commissioners may set license fees in the county budget at a level

 

sufficient to pay all the county's expenses of administering this

 

act as it pertains to dogs. For a spayed or neutered dog, the

 

license fee, if any, shall be set lower than the license fee for a

 

dog that is not spayed or neutered. In addition, the license fee

 

may be set higher for a delinquent application than for a timely

 

application.

 

     (6) The application described in subsection (5) shall include

 

a place for the owner to indicate whether he or she wishes to make

 

a contribution of up to $10.00 to the veterans service dog fund

 

created in the veterans service dog act. Except as provided in this

 

subsection, the treasurer of the county or, except as provided in

 

section 14, the treasurer of the township or city where the owner

 

resides, or the treasurer's authorized agent, shall forward money

 

received as a contribution under this subsection to the state

 

treasurer, who shall credit the money to the veterans service dog

 

fund created in the veterans service dog act. A county, township,

 

or city may retain up to 1% of the money collected under this

 

subsection for administrative expenses.

 

     (7) (6) If a dog is licensed before it becomes 5 months old

 

and is subsequently spayed or neutered before it becomes 7 months

 

old, the owner of the dog may exchange the license for a license

 

for a spayed or neutered dog and receive a refund for the

 

difference in the cost of the licenses. The owner shall exchange

 

the license before the dog becomes 7 months old.

 

     (8) (7) Subsection (6) (7) applies in a county only if the

 

county board of commissioners adopts a resolution to that effect

 

during the 60-day period before the beginning of the county's

 

fiscal year. Before adopting the resolution, the county board of

 

commissioners shall obtain the county treasurer's written approval

 

of the resolution.

 

     (9) (8) The owner of a dog that is required to be licensed

 

under this section 2 shall keep the dog currently vaccinated

 

against rabies by an accredited veterinarian with a vaccine

 

licensed by the United States department of agriculture.Department

 

of Agriculture.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4912 (request no.

 

03435'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.