Bill Text: NJ A1217 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits sale of any dog by kennel, pet shop or other retail establishment without name, address and phone number of person providing dog thereto; establishes $500 fine for each violation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee [A1217 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1217-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN
District 10 (Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits sale of any dog by kennel, pet shop or other retail establishment without name, address and phone number of person providing dog thereto; establishes $500 fine for each violation.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the sale of dogs, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. No dog may be sold in the State by a kennel, pet shop, or other retail establishment that sells dogs unless the name, address and phone number of the person who provided the dog to the kennel, pet shop, or other retail establishment that sells dogs is provided to the person purchasing the dog at the time of sale. If the dog was raised by the kennel, pet shop or other retail establishment that sells dogs, the name, address and phone number of the owner of the kennel, pet shop, or other retail establishment that sells dogs shall be provided to the person purchasing the dog. No provision of this subsection shall be construed to apply to shelters, pounds or other nonprofit organizations that provide dogs to individuals, regardless of any fee or charge that may be applied by the shelter, pound or nonprofit organization at the time that the dog is provided to an individual.
b. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be subject to a fine of $500 for each violation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits the sale of any dog in the State by a kennel, pet shop, or other retail establishment that sells dogs unless the name, address and phone number of the person who provided the dog to the kennel, pet shop, or other retail establishment that sells dogs is provided to the person purchasing the dog at the time of sale. If the dog was raised by the kennel, pet shop or other retail establishment that sells dogs, the bill requires that the name, address and phone number of the owner of the kennel, pet shop, or other retail establishment that sells dogs be provided to the person purchasing the dog. Finally, the bill provides that these requirements shall not apply to shelters, pounds or other nonprofit organizations that provide dogs to individuals, and any person found guilty of violating the act will be subject to a fine of $500 for each violation.
