2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-331. Municipal animal control officers. Assistants.
Sec. 22-331. Municipal animal control officers. Assistants. (a) In each municipality of the state having a population of more than twenty-five thousand which has
adopted the provisions of chapter 113, or otherwise provided for a merit system for its
employees, the chief of police, or such other appointing authority as the charter may
designate, shall, appoint a full-time municipal animal control officer and such assistants
as are deemed necessary, subject to the provisions of said chapter 113 or other merit
system, to administer and enforce the laws relating to dogs or other domestic animals.
Any person so appointed may be or become a member of the police department and for
such purpose the legislative body of such municipality may waive any requirements as
to age, sex, physical condition, education and training applicable to other members of
the police department. Any person so appointed as a member of the police department
shall be fully eligible to participate in the retirement system of such department.
(c) Each appointment made under the provisions of this section shall be reported promptly to the commissioner. Each person appointed under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall, and any person appointed under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section may, be paid a salary and expenses in lieu of the fees provided in section 22-334 and the amount thereof shall be transferred from the dog fund account to the appropriation of the proper department.
(d) The municipal animal control officer so appointed in any city the limits of which are not coterminous with those of the town in which it is located shall have authority as such municipal animal control officer throughout such town, and the town treasurer or other fiscal officer shall annually reimburse the city, from the dog fund account, for the salaries and expenses of such officer or his assistants. The municipal animal control officer so appointed in any town having a borough within its limits shall have authority as such municipal animal control officer throughout the limits of such town. If, in any city or town, the officer or officers charged with such duty fail to report such appointment, the commissioner shall notify such officer or officers to make and report such appointment within ten days of receipt of such notification, and, if such appointment is not made within such time, the commissioner shall appoint a municipal animal control officer for such city or town.
(1949 Rev., S. 3378; 1953, 1955, S. 1816d; 1963, P.A. 613, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 144, S. 1; P.A. 91-59, S. 4; P.A. 93-435, S. 33, 95.)
History: 1963 act made previous provisions Subsecs. (b) and (d), added provisions re appointment of wardens in towns of more than 25,000 population as Subsec. (a), restated provisions in Subsec. (b) re other towns and cities, added Subsec. (c) re report to commissioner of appointments made and allocations for appointees' salaries, revised Subsec. (d) to require town treasurer to reimburse city for wardens' salaries and expenses where town and city boundaries not coterminous and deleted previous provision re warden's power to employ assistants and his duty to report their appointment to commissioner; 1965 act added references to merit system for employees in Subsec. (a); P.A. 91-59 replaced references to "local dog warden" with references to "municipal animal control officer"; P.A. 93-435 made certain technical and grammatical revisions, effective June 28, 1993.
Cited. 13 CA 124, 127, 128.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 13 CA 124, 127, 128.
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