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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 22, 2013 01:51 PM |
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| From: | Representative William C. Kortz, II |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Legislation Regarding Lost Dogs (Former HB 1130) |
| In the near future, I will be re-introducing legislation to make it easier for dog owners to recover their lost dogs. Currently, Act 225 of 1982, otherwise known as the Dog Law, requires a minimum of a 48-hour waiting period when authorized officials find an unlicensed dog running at large. In some instances, the owner of a dog running at large may be away for the weekend and, unbeknownst to them, their dog has left their property. Therefore, the 48-hour waiting period may elapse and they would never realize that their dog is missing. The legislation that I will be reintroducing would help to rectify these problems by extending the 48-hour waiting period to 96 hours (excluding weekends and official holidays).Additionally, this legislation would require police departments to keep a list of lost dogs picked up within their municipality and require that this information be made available to the public. Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation. Previous co-sponsors of former HB 1130: KORTZ , CALTAGIRONE , D. COSTA, EVANKOVICH, FABRIZIO , FARRY, GEIST , GIBBONS , GILLESPIE , GOODMAN, HORNAMAN , MILNE , READSHAW , SAINATO , SWANGER , VULAKOVICH , WATSON , GILLEN and DENLINGER |
Introduced as HB538