PRINTER'S NO. 4378
No. 2846 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, COHEN, BEBKO-JONES, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CRAHALLA, DALEY, FRANKEL, GOOD, GOODMAN, MUNDY,
MYERS, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PETRONE, READSHAW, RUBLEY,
SATHER, SHANER, SIPTROTH, STABACK, WANSACZ, WATSON AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 27, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 27, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of unlawful
3 sale of dog or cat.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7517. Unlawful sale of dog or cat.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person who sells a dog or cat that
10 is less than eight weeks old without its mother commits a
11 summary offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
12 by a fine of $250.
13 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, "person" means the
14 owner or operator of a kennel or pet shop or other individual
15 who sells dogs or cats to the public and who owns or operates a
16 kennel or pet shop licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of
17 Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture. The
1 term shall not include the owner or operator of a nonprofit
2 kennel as defined under the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784,
3 No.225), known as the Dog Law.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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