Bill Text: NJ A2120 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals statutory requirement of annual or biennial dog census.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2016-01-27 - INT 1RA REF ARO [A2120 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2120-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2120

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.

District 13 (Monmouth)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Rible and Coughlin

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Repeals statutory requirement of annual or biennial dog census.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning dog canvasses and repealing part of P.L.1941, c.151.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

1.      Section 15 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.15) is repealed.

 

2.      This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would repeal the requirement in current law (N.J.S.A.4:19-15.15) that the governing body of every municipality, either annually or biennially, appoint a person to undertake a census of all dogs owned, kept or harbored in the municipality.  The statute also requires that person to report, on or before September 1 of the year in which the census is taken, to the clerk or other person designated to license dogs in the municipality, to the local board of health, and to the State Department of Health the result of the census, as well as the names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring unlicensed dogs, the number of unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each persons, and a complete description of each of said unlicensed dogs.