Bill Text: CT SB00130 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Surcharge On Animal Adoption Fees To Fund The Second Chance Large Animal Rehabilitation Program.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-07 - Matter Pass Retained [SB00130 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00130-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 130
January Session, 2017		*_____SB00130APP___050917____*

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SURCHARGE ON ANIMAL ADOPTION FEES TO FUND THE SECOND CHANCE LARGE ANIMAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) There is established a surcharge of five per cent of the total adoption fee for any animal that is adopted from any municipal dog pound, animal shelter or animal adoption or animal rescue organization in this state. All funds generated from such surcharge fee shall be paid to the Commissioner of Agriculture for deposit into the animal abuse cost recovery account, established under section 22-329a of the general statutes, and made available to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of funding the Second Chance Large Animal Rehabilitation Program.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2017	New section

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Joint Favorable Subst.