HB1230: relative to information on dog licenses.

HB 1230 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2136

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1230

AN ACT relative to information on dog licenses.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sad, Ches. 1

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill permits dog owners to provide city or town clerks with an emergency contact telephone number when registering a dog.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2136

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to information on dog licenses.

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

1 Dog Licenses; Emergency Contact Information. Amend RSA 466:1 to read as follows:

466:1 Procuring License; Tag. Every owner or keeper of a dog 4 months old or over shall annually, cause it to be registered, numbered, described, and licensed for one year in the office of the clerk of the city or town in which the dog is kept, and shall cause it to wear around its neck a collar to which shall be attached a metal tag with the following information thereon: the name of the city or town, year of issue of license and its registered number. Such owner may provide the name and telephone number of an emergency contact other than the owner on the form given by the city or town clerk. The tag and license shall be furnished by the clerk at the expense of the city or town. Regardless of when the license is obtained, the license shall be effective from May 1 of each year to April 30 of the subsequent year.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.