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2006 SESSION

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SB 55 Companion animal dealers; annual business license to obtained to sell or to advertise for sale.

Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Companion animals; civil penalties. Amends the Comprehensive Animal Laws to require (i) companion animal dealers to obtain an annual dealer business license to sell companion animals or to advertise companion animals for sale; and (ii) all releasing agencies, including dealers and pet stores, to sterilize, absent health-related delays, and implant a microchip in any companion animal before it is released to a new owner.

FULL TEXT

• 01/03/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063637808  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/03/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063637808
• 01/03/06  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/15/06  Senate: Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources