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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Serpa, Phillips, J. Brien, Fellela, Casimiro, and | |
Date Introduced: February 10, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Health & Human Services | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 4-19 of the General Laws entitled "Animal Care" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 4-19-25. Pets for elder persons. |
4 | (a) A public animal shelter shall not charge an adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person |
5 | adopting the dog or cat presents to the public animal shelter a current and valid driver's license or |
6 | any other identification document including passports, original birth certificate, REAL ID, or state- |
7 | issued identification card that identifies them as being sixty (60) years of age or older. |
8 | (b) A public animal shelter may limit the dogs or cats adopted from that public animal |
9 | shelter pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to only animals that have passed sexual maturity |
10 | pursuant to § 4-19-2. |
11 | (c) A public animal shelter may limit the number of dogs or cats adopted from that public |
12 | animal shelter pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to one dog or cat during a period of every |
13 | six (6) months per elder person pursuant to the provisions of § 4-13-44. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE | |
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1 | This act would waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat at a public animal shelter for any |
2 | person sixty (60) years or older. The adoption of the animal is limited to those that have passed |
3 | sexual maturity and the shelter may limit the number of dogs and cats that are adopted. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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