H. B. 4536
(By Delegates Overington, Shook, Brown and Rowan)
[Introduced February 14, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §19-20-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring registration as kennel
by persons who maintain twenty or more adult dogs or cats.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §19-20-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 20. DOGS AND CATS.
§19-20-3. Registration of dog kennels; application; fee;
expiration of certificate of registration.
Every owner or operator of a kennel, wherein dogs are bred,
kept, boarded or sold as a commercial venture for profit and any
owner of
twenty
or more adult dogs or cats shall annually, between
the first day of July and the thirtieth day of September of each
year, file with the assessor of the county in which such kennel is
located, kept or maintained, an application for the registration of such kennel for the fiscal year. Such The application shall state
the location of the kennel, the name and address of the person
actually in charge of and supervising it, and the name and address
of the owner of the kennel, or if an owner of twenty or more adult
dogs or cats
the name and address of that person. Upon the filing
of such the application, together with the payment to the assessor
of a fee of ten dollars the assessor shall issue a certificate of
registration for such a kennel. The registration of a kennel, as
herein provided, shall entitle the registrant to register and
receive certificates and tags for not more than five dogs without
the payment of a separate head tax on such the dogs. The head tax
provided for in section two of this article shall, on such the five
or less dogs, be included in and charged against the kennel
registration fee herein provided.
Every person upon becoming the owner or operator of a kennel
of dogs as herein described after the thirtieth day of September of
any year shall, within three days after becoming such owner or
operator, register such kennel for the remainder of the current
fiscal year in the manner, and upon the payment of the registration
fee, herein provided. Any owner of
twenty
or more adult dogs or
cats on the effective date of the enactment of this amendment to
this section,
shall, within thirty days after the effective date,
register for the remainder of the current fiscal year in the
manner, and upon the payment of the registration fee, herein provided.
All certificates of registration issued pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall be issued for the fiscal year, and
shall be valid from the date on which issued until the thirtieth
day of June of that fiscal year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require registration as
a kennel by persons who maintain twenty or more adult dogs or cats.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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