PRINTER'S NO. 2884
No. 2113 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY HAGARTY, NAHILL AND CORNELL, FEBRUARY 10, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
FEBRUARY 10, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225), entitled
2 "An act relating to dogs, regulating the keeping of dogs;
3 providing for the licensing of dogs and kennels; providing
4 for the protection of dogs and the detention and destruction
5 of dogs in certain cases; regulating the sale and
6 transportation of dogs; declaring dogs to be personal
7 property and the subject of theft; providing for the
8 assessment of damages done to livestock, poultry and domestic
9 game birds; providing for payment of damages by the
10 Commonwealth in certain cases and the liability of the owner
11 or keeper of dogs for such damages; imposing powers and
12 duties on certain State and local officers and employees;
13 providing penalties; and creating a Dog Law Restricted
14 Account," reducing certain violations from misdemeanors of
15 the third degree to summary offenses.
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. Section 903 of the act of December 7, 1982
19 (P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, is amended to read:
20 Section 903. Violations.
21 Unless heretofore provided, any person found in violation of
22 any provision of Article II through Article VIII of this act
23 shall be guilty of a summary offense [for the first and second
1 violation and for a third and subsequent violation shall be
2 guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree].
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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