Bill Text: NH HB1362 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempting service animals from dog registration and licensing and establishing an option for permanent registration and licensing of service animals.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-18 - House Signed By Governor 06/13/2012; Effective 08/12/2012; Chapter 0211 [HB1362 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1362-Introduced.html
HB 1362 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 1362
AN ACT establishing a service animal registration commission.
SPONSORS: Rep. Schlachman, Rock 13; Rep. Copeland, Rock 13
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill establishes a service animal registration commission.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2197
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT establishing a service animal registration commission.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Service Animal Registration Commission. Amend RSA 167-D by inserting after section 10 the following new section:
167-D:11 Service Animal Registration Commission. There is established a commission to study the registration of service animals.
I. The members of the commission shall be as follows:
(a) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) One member from the governor’s commission on disability, appointed by the commission.
(d) One member of the Dog Guide Users of New Hampshire, appointed by that organization.
(e) One member of the New Hampshire City and Town Clerks’ Association, appointed by the association.
(f) One member from division of vocational rehabilitation, department of education, appointed by the director of the division.
(g) One member from Granite State Independent Living appointed by that organization.
(h) One member who uses a service animal, appointed by the governor.
II. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
III. The commission shall study the registration of service animals.
IV. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
V. The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2012.
2 Repeal. RSA 167-D:11, relative to the service animal registration commission, is repealed.
3 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 2, 2012.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
