Bill Text: PA SB931 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In licenses, tags and kennels, further providing for fees; and, in disposition and appropriation of funds, providing for county dog shelter restricted accounts.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-05 - Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS [SB931 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB931-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1120
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 931 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY STOUT, WASHINGTON, TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, FONTANA, BOSCOLA, COSTA, ALLOWAY AND FARNESE, JUNE 5, 2009
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, JUNE 5, 2009
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," in licenses, tags and kennels,
further providing for fees; and, in disposition and
appropriation of funds, providing for county dog shelter
restricted accounts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 201 of the act of December 7, 1982
(P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 201. Applications for dog licenses; fees; penalties.
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(b.1) County dog shelter contribution.--A surcharge of $2.50
shall be added to the license fees of this section. Fifty cents
of this surcharge shall be maintained by the county treasurer
for purposes of administering the county dog shelter restricted
account of the county. The remaining amount shall be deposited
into the county dog shelter restricted account established in
section 1003.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1003. County dog shelter restricted accounts.
(a) Duty to establish.--Every county in this Commonwealth
shall establish a county dog shelter restricted account. Any
interest accrued on the account shall be credited to the
account.
(b) Appropriation.--The moneys and interest in a county dog
shelter restricted account shall be appropriated as follows:
(1) Semiannually the county treasurer shall pay out in
equal shares the balance of the account to not more than
three humane societies or associations for the prevention of
cruelty to animals, as defined in section 102, operating in
that county that are registered with the Bureau of Dog Law
Enforcement and that accepted the highest totals of dogs from
the county in the previous calendar year according to the
Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement. The Bureau of Dog Law
Enforcement shall provide the county treasurers with the list
of registered humane societies and associations semiannually.
(2) If there are no humane societies or associations for
the prevention of cruelty to animals registered with the
Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement operating in the county, the
county treasurer shall pay out in equal shares the balance of
the county dog shelter restricted account to up to three
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humane societies or associations for the prevention of
cruelty to animals, as defined by section 102, operating in
other counties and that accepted the largest number of dogs
from the county in the previous calendar year, according to
the Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement.
(3) The county shall not place any restrictions or
matching fund requirements for distribution of these funds.
(4) The appropriations distributed from the account may
be used for any expenditure related to operations.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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