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2006 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 278
Offered January 11, 2006
Prefiled January 4, 2006
A BILL to authorize the City of Newport News to impose an animal license tax on dogs and cats that have not been spayed or neutered.
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Patrons-- BaCote, Eisenberg, Englin, Jones, D.C., Melvin, Miller, Scott, J.M., Spruill and Toscano
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1 That notwithstanding the provisions of § 3.1-796.87 of the Code of Virginia, the City of Newport News may by ordinance impose a license tax not to exceed $35 on the ownership of each cat or dog that has not been spayed or neutered.