Bill Text: CT HB05011 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5011 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Owners Of Dogs That Have Vicious Dispositions Or That Bark Excessively.

Spectrum:

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - File Number 137 [HB05011 Detail]

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General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5011*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 62

Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
REP. CHAPIN, 67^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING OWNERS OF DOGS THAT HAVE VICIOUS DISPOSITIONS OR THAT BARK EXCESSIVELY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 22-363 of the general statutes be amended to provide that any person who owns or harbors a dog in violation of the statute a second or subsequent time within thirty days of the first offense be required to make a court appearance.

Statement of Purpose:

To encourage dog owners to maintain control over their dogs and not allow their dogs to be a repeated nuisance.