PRINTER'S NO. 2356
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2047
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KULIK, ORTITAY, McNEILL, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG,
SANCHEZ, HOWARD, HOHENSTEIN, ECKER, NEILSON, BROOKS AND
FARRY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225), entitled
"An act requiring employers to pay for medical examination
fee where such examination is a condition for employment, and
providing a penalty," in short title and definitions, further
providing for definitions; and further providing for
enforcement and penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 102 of the act of December 7, 1982
(P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, is amended by adding a
definition to read:
Section 102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Immediate family member." An individual who is:
(1) a spouse, domestic partner, child, parent, brother,
sister, grandparent or grandchild; or
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(2) a spouse of a child, parent, brother, sister,
grandparent or grandchild.
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Section 2. Section 903(b)(1) and (2) of the act are amended
and the section is amended by adding subsections to read:
Section 903. Enforcement and penalties.
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(b) Criminal penalties.--Unless otherwise provided under
this act, a person who violates a provision of Articles II
through VII or a rule or regulation adopted or order issued
under this act commits the following:
(1) For the first offense, a [summary offense]
misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced for each offense to pay a fine of not less than
[$100] $500 nor more than [$500] $1,000 or to imprisonment
for not more than [90] 120 days, or both.
(2) For a subsequent offense that occurs within one year
of sentencing for the prior violation, a misdemeanor of the
[third] second degree and shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced for each offense to pay a fine of not less than
[$500] $1,000 nor more than [$1,000] $2,000 plus costs of
prosecution or to imprisonment of not more than one year, or
both.
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(i) Prohibition on issuing licenses to immediate family
members and residents sharing an address.--The secretary may not
issue or renew a license for the purpose of being a dealer of
dogs to a person who is an immediate family member of, or who
resides at the same address of, a dealer of dogs if:
(1) the license is for purposes of operating a facility
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for dogs at a location that the dealer has used as a facility
for dogs; and
(2) within the last ten years, a license of the dealer
has been suspended after notice and opportunity for hearing
or revoked pursuant to this act.
(j) Prohibition on issuing licenses to certain legal
entities.--The secretary may not issue or renew a license for
the purpose of being a dealer of dogs to a person that is a
partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation,
association, trust, estate or other legal entity, if the person
or any person who holds an ownership interest in the
partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation,
association, trust, estate or other legal entity:
(1) previously held a license for purposes of operating
a facility for dogs at the same address of the facility for
which the license is being sought; and
(2) within the last ten years, the license has been
suspended after notice and opportunity for hearing or revoked
pursuant to this act.
(k) Prohibition on issuing or renewing licenses to other
persons.--Notwithstanding subsections (i) and (j), the secretary
may not issue or renew a license for the purpose of being a
dealer of dogs to a person if:
(1) within the last ten years, a license for the purpose
of being a dealer of dogs was issued to the person and
suspended after notice and opportunity for hearing or revoked
pursuant to this act; and
(2) the license is for purposes of operating a facility
for dogs at a location that the person has used as a facility
for dogs.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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