2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-380f. Animal population control program: Payment required for adoption of unspayed or unneutered dogs and cats. Connecticut Humane Society exemption. Refund.
Sec. 22-380f. Animal population control program: Payment required for
adoption of unspayed or unneutered dogs and cats. Connecticut Humane Society
exemption. Refund. (a) No pound shall sell or give away any unspayed or unneutered
dog or cat to any person unless such pound receives forty-five dollars from the person
buying or adopting such dog or cat. Funds received pursuant to this section shall be paid
quarterly by the municipality into the animal population control account established
under section 22-380g. At the time of receipt of such payment, the pound shall provide
a voucher, for the purpose of sterilization and vaccination benefits, as provided in section
22-380i, to the person buying or adopting such dog or cat. Such voucher shall be on a
form provided by the commissioner and signed by the eligible owner. Such voucher shall
become void after sixty days from the date of adoption unless a participating veterinarian
certifies that the dog or cat is medically unfit for surgery. Such certification shall be on
a form provided by the commissioner and specify a date by which such dog or cat
may be fit for sterilization. If the surgery is performed more than thirty days after such
specified date, the voucher shall become void. In the case of a dog or cat that has been
previously sterilized or is permanently medically unfit for sterilization, as determined
by a participating veterinarian, the voucher shall be void and the eligible owner may
apply to the commissioner for a refund in the amount of forty-five dollars.
(c) The Connecticut Humane Society shall submit a biannual report to the Animal Population Control Fund that shall include, but not be limited to, the municipal facility from which any animal described in subsection (b) of this section was taken, the impound number of such animal, the species and gender of such animal, the date that the Connecticut Humane Society received the animal and the date of sterilization for such animal.
(d) Upon a finding that the Connecticut Humane Society has failed to comply with any provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this section, the Commissioner of Agriculture may terminate the Connecticut Humane Society's exemption from the payment of the forty-five-dollar fee required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 92-187, S. 2, 10; P.A. 97-162, S. 4; 97-187, S. 1, 4; P.A. 01-87, S. 2; P.A. 03-198, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(h); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 92-187, S. 2 effective July 1, 1994; (Revisor's note: In 1995 the phrase "animal population control fund" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "animal population control account" to conform with Sec. 22-380g, as amended by P.A. 94-95, S. 19); P.A. 97-162 provided that funds be paid into the animal population control account quarterly rather than monthly; P.A. 97-187 reduced the refund amounts for sterilization of adopted fertile dogs and cats and established a nonrefundable fee to be paid by rescue or adoption organizations for acquisition of dogs and cats from pounds, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 01-87 eliminated provision re payment of twenty-five dollars for purchase or adoption of animals by animal rescue organizations, eliminated provisions re certificate and refund, changed "pound" to "municipality" re quarterly payments to account and established a voucher program for sterilization and vaccination of adopted animals; P.A. 03-198 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) re Connecticut Humane Society's exemption from the forty-five-dollar fee; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
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