Bill Text: FL H0543 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Dangerous Dogs

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy (GGPC) [H0543 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0543-Introduced.html

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HB 543

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to dangerous dogs; amending s. 767.14,
3	F.S.; eliminating the prohibition of breed-specific local
4	government regulation of dangerous dogs; providing an
5	effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1. Section 767.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to
10	read:
11	767.14 Additional local restrictions authorized.-Nothing
12	in this act shall limit any local government from placing
13	further restrictions or additional requirements on owners of
14	dangerous dogs or developing procedures and criteria for the
15	implementation of this act, provided that no such regulation is
16	specific to breed and that the provisions of this act are not
17	lessened by such additional regulations or requirements. This
18	section shall not apply to any local ordinance adopted prior to
19	October 1, 1990.
20	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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