West Virginia House Bill 4218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-17 - To House Political Subdivisions
Pending: House Political Subdivisions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to grant county commissions authority to adopt certain ordinances relating to dogs and cats. The bill allows for the adoption of ordinances to prohibit persons from allowing dogs to run at large, regulate the confinement of dogs and provide for the spaying and neutering of dogs and cats. The bill provides legislative findings; permissible ordinance provisions; authorizes penalties for violations; provides authority to humane officers; allows county commissions to adopt the ordinances upon approval by referendum; and exempts municipalities that have exempted themselves from such an ordinance or that have a similar ordinance. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.

Permitting counties to adopt certain ordinances relating to dogs and cats

Del. Marty Gearheart [R]	Del. John Shott [R]	Del. Joe Ellington [R]	Del. Anna Border-Sheppard [R]
Del. Isaac Sponaugle [D]	Del. Barbara Fleischauer [D]	Del. Michael Manypenny [D]	Del. Allen Evans [R]
Del. Steve Westfall [R]	Del. Denise Campbell [D]	Del. William Romine [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-17	House	To House Political Subdivisions
2014-01-17	House	Introduced in House
2014-01-17	House	To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2014-01-17	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	1	14a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4218&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4218%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=4218