Bill Text: AZ HB2242 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Commercial dog breeders; pet dealers
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-20 - Referred to Senate GE Committee [HB2242 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-HB2242-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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HOUSE BILL 2242 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 44‑1799 and 44‑1799.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to pet dealers.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 44-1799, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
44-1799. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Clinically ill" means an illness that is apparent to a veterinarian based on the veterinarian's observation, examination or testing of an animal or on a review of the animal's medical records.
2. "Commercial dog breeder" means a person that sells twenty or more dogs in a calendar year but does not include commercial livestock operations or commercial livestock auction markets.
2. 3. "Nonelective surgical procedure" means a surgical procedure that is necessary according to commonly accepted standards of veterinary medicine to preserve or restore the health of the cat or dog, to prevent the animal from experiencing pain or discomfort or to correct a condition that would interfere with the cat's or dog's ability to walk, run or jump or to otherwise function in a normal manner.
3. 4. "Pet dealer" means either of the following:
(a) A person who owns a pet store.
(b) A commercial dog breeder.
4. 5. "Pet store" means a commercial establishment that engages in a for‑profit business of selling at retail cats, dogs or other animals, but does not include commercial livestock operations and commercial livestock auction markets. Pet store does not mean a publicly operated pound or a private, charitable not-for-profit humane society or any animal adoption activity that a pound or humane society conducts off site at any pet store or other commercial enterprise.
5. 6. "Purchaser" means a person who purchases any cat or dog without intent to resell.
Sec. 2. Section 44-1799.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
44-1799.01. Veterinary examination
A. A veterinarian who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 21 shall examine:
1. All cats and dogs that are received by a pet dealer before the cat or dog is placed for sale.
2. All female dogs that are owned by a pet dealer before breeding.
B. If the veterinarian determines that a cat or dog is afflicted with a contagious disease, the cat or dog may be returned to the source or kept by the pet dealer. If the pet dealer keeps the cat or dog, the pet dealer shall cage the cat or dog separately from healthy animals and shall house and handle the cat or dog in a manner that will minimize the likelihood of contagion.
