HB162: relative to remedies and penalties for injuries to domestic animals caused by dogs.

HB 162 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

25mar03... 0816h

2003 SESSION

03-0450

08/01

HOUSE BILL 162

AN ACT relative to remedies and penalties for injuries to domestic animals caused by dogs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Batchelder, Ches 24

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides for the legalized killing of dogs who wound or kill certain domestic animals provided such domestic animals are on the property of their owner.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25mar03... 0816h

03-0450

08/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to remedies and penalties for injuries to domestic animals caused by dogs.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Remedy and Penalties for Injuries Done by Dogs; Killing Dogs Legalized. Amend RSA 466:28 to read as follows:

466:28 Killing Dogs Legalized. Any person may kill a dog that suddenly assaults [the] a person while such person is peaceably walking or riding without the enclosure of its owner or keeper; and any person may kill a dog that is found out of the enclosure or immediate care of its owner or keeper worrying, wounding, or killing sheep, lambs, fowl, or other domestic animals, provided that such sheep, lambs, fowl, or other domestic animals are on the property of their owner.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.