Bill Text: PA HB464 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for requirements for kennels.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-04 - Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS [HB464 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB464-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 435
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 464 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, DENLINGER, GABLER, M.K. KELLER, KORTZ, MILLER, MURT, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW AND STERN, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225),
entitled, as amended, "An act relating to dogs, regulating
the keeping of dogs; providing for the licensing of dogs and
kennels; providing for the protection of dogs and the
detention and destruction of dogs in certain cases;
regulating the sale and transportation of dogs; declaring
dogs to be personal property and the subject of theft;
providing for the abandonment of animals; providing for the
assessment of damages done to animals; providing for payment
of damages by the Commonwealth in certain cases and the
liability of the owner or keeper of dogs for such damages;
imposing powers and duties on certain State and local
officers and employees; providing penalties; and creating a
Dog Law Restricted Account," further providing for
requirements for kennels.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 207(a.1) of the act of December 7, 1982
(P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, amended October 9, 2008
(P.L.1450, No.119), is amended to read:
Section 207. Requirements for kennels.
(a.1) Prohibition to operate; injunction; fines.--
(1) It shall be unlawful for kennels described under
section 206 to operate without first obtaining a kennel
license from the department.
(2) The secretary shall not approve any kennel license
application unless such kennel has been inspected and
approved by a State dog warden or employee of the department.
(3) The secretary may file a suit in equity in the
Commonwealth Court to enjoin the operation of any kennel that
violates any of the provisions of this act.
(4) It shall be no defense to any civil penalty or
criminal prosecution under this act that a person operating a
kennel failed to properly obtain the appropriate license.
(5) A kennel operator that is applying for a different
license because of an increase in the total number of dogs or
due to birth of additional dogs in the kennel during a
calendar year shall not be in violation, provided the
application is filed within seven days of the increase. The
application shall be accompanied by a fee equal to the
difference between the amount of the license fee already paid
for the calendar year and the amount of the license fee for
the kennel class of the new application.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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