2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-344c. Licensure of breeding facilities by towns.
Sec. 22-344c. Licensure of breeding facilities by towns. (a) If a town requires
the licensure of persons keeping ten or more unneutered or unspayed dogs capable of
breeding, such persons shall apply to the clerk of the town in which such dogs are located
for a license. Such town clerk, if the zoning enforcement official has certified that the
location where such dogs shall be kept conforms to the zoning regulations of the municipality, shall issue to such applicant a license, for a reasonable fee to be determined by
the town, on a form prescribed by the town for a period, from the date of such application
until the thirtieth day of the ensuing June which license shall specify the name and
number of the dogs, the name of the owner and, if applicable, the name of a keeper.
Each such license may be renewed from year to year by the town clerk upon application
of such owner or keeper.
(c) Any person aggrieved by any order issued under the provisions of this section may appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(d) Any person keeping ten or more unneutered or unspayed dogs capable of breeding, in a location required to be licensed, after such license has been revoked or suspended as herein provided shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
(P.A. 91-379; P.A. 98-12, S. 14, 22; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 98-12 changed "canine control officer" to "animal control officer" in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998; 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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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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