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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY | |
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Introduced By: Senator Nicholas D. Kettle | |
Date Introduced: January 13, 2016 | |
Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 4-13-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-13 entitled "Dogs" is |
2 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 4-13-4. Dog licenses -- Fees -- Penalties. -- (a) (1) Every owner or keeper of a dog shall |
4 | annually in April obtain a license effective May 1 in through the office of the city or town clerk |
5 | of the city or town in which the owner or keeper resides. |
6 | (2) The fees for the license shall be five dollars ($5.00). |
7 | (3) No city or town shall issue any license under this section unless the dog has been |
8 | inoculated against rabies for the period of time which the license would be valid. |
9 | (4) All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be valid in every city or |
10 | town during the then current year. |
11 | (5) Any person who becomes the owner or keeper of a dog shall obtain a license within |
12 | thirty (30) days after he or she becomes the owner or keeper. |
13 | (6) (i) The Cumberland town clerk may issue a license renewable every two (2) years for |
14 | a licensing fee of six dollars ($6.00). |
15 | (ii) Glocester town council may provide for an annual licensing fee of fourteen dollars |
16 | ($14.00) for all dogs except spayed or neutered females and males and for an annual licensing fee |
17 | of seven dollars ($7.00) for spayed or neutered female and male dogs. |
18 | (iii) Jamestown town council may provide by ordinance for an annual licensing fee not |
19 | to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) for neutered dogs, and not to exceed twenty-five dollars |
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1 | ($25.00) for unneutered dogs. |
2 | (iv) Newport city council may, however, provide by ordinance for an annual licensing |
3 | fee of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) for all spayed and neutered dogs, and for an annual |
4 | licensing fee of not more than fifteen dollars ($15.00) for unspayed females and unneutered |
5 | males. |
6 | (v) North Smithfield town council may provide by ordinance for an annual licensing fee |
7 | of five dollars ($5.00) for all dogs. |
8 | (vi) (A) South Kingstown town council may provide for an annual licensing fee of |
9 | twelve dollars ($12.00) for all dogs except spayed or neutered females and male dogs and for an |
10 | annual licensing fee of seven dollars ($7.00) for spayed or neutered female and male dogs. |
11 | (B) The South Kingstown town council may assess an impound fee. |
12 | (vii) (A) Westerly town council may provide by ordinance for an annual license fee of |
13 | ten dollars ($10.00) for unspayed female dogs and unneutered male dogs; |
14 | (B) May provide for a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for the replacement of lost dog tags; |
15 | (C) May provide that no fee be charged to license guide dogs used by persons with |
16 | disabilities; |
17 | (D) May provide for the number of licenced dogs which may be kept at any single- |
18 | family residence, other than a breeding kennel; and |
19 | (E) May provide for pecuniary penalties not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for |
20 | violations. |
21 | (viii) Woonsocket city council may provide by ordinance for an annual licensing fee of |
22 | five dollars ($5.00) for all dogs. |
23 | (ix) (A) West Warwick town council may provide by ordinance for an annual license fee |
24 | of seven dollars ($7.00) for each neutered male or spayed female and fifteen dollars ($15.00) for |
25 | each unneutered male and unspayed female. |
26 | (B) May provide by ordinance for a payment of a two dollars ($2.00) fee for duplicate or |
27 | for replacement tags. |
28 | (x) (A) Pawtucket city council may provide by ordinance for an annual licensing fee not |
29 | to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) for spayed or neutered dogs, and not to exceed twenty-five |
30 | dollars ($25.00) for unspayed or unneutered dogs. |
31 | (B) May provide by ordinance for an annual licensing fee for dogs owned by residents |
32 | age 65 or older not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for spayed or neutered dogs, and not to exceed |
33 | ten dollars ($10.00) for unspayed or unneutered dogs. |
34 | (xi) Scituate town council may provide by ordinance for an annual license fee not to |
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1 | exceed twenty ($20.00) dollars for all dogs. |
2 | (xii) Burrillville town council may: |
3 | (A) Provide by ordinance for an annual licensing fee of not more than ten dollars |
4 | ($10.00) for all dogs; and |
5 | (B) Provide for pecuniary penalties not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for |
6 | violations. |
7 | (xiii) The Middletown town council may: |
8 | (A) Provide by ordinance for an annual licensing fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars |
9 | ($25.00) per dog. |
10 | (xiv) Foster town council may: |
11 | (A) Provide by ordinance for an annual or biennial licensing fee not to exceed fifteen |
12 | dollars ($15.00) for all dogs; and |
13 | (B) Provide for pecuniary damages not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for |
14 | violations. |
15 | (b) Every person, owning or keeping a dog not licensed and/or collared according to the |
16 | provisions of this chapter, shall be fined ten dollars ($10.00) to be applied to the support of the |
17 | city or town, and that fine shall be in addition to all other lawful fees. |
18 | (c) Any city or town may waive the fee to be charged to license guide dogs used by |
19 | persons with disabilities. |
20 | (d) In the city of Woonsocket, every person owning or keeping a dog not licensed and/or |
21 | collared according to the provisions of this chapter shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for the |
22 | first offense, one hundred dollars ($100) for the second offense and one hundred fifty dollars |
23 | ($150) for the third and subsequent offenses. |
24 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY | |
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1 | This act would permit the town of Foster to provide, by ordinance, an annual or biennial |
2 | licensing fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for all dogs and to impose fines up to twenty-five dollars |
3 | ($25.00) for violations. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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