Sec. 22-344c. Licensure of breeding facilities by towns.
Sec. 22-344c. Licensure of breeding facilities by towns. (a) If a town requires
the licensure of persons keeping ten or more unneutered or unspayed dogs capable of
breeding, such persons shall apply to the clerk of the town in which such dogs are located
for a license. Such town clerk, if the zoning enforcement official has certified that the
location where such dogs shall be kept conforms to the zoning regulations of the municipality, shall issue to such applicant a license, for a reasonable fee to be determined by
the town, on a form prescribed by the town for a period, from the date of such application
until the thirtieth day of the ensuing June which license shall specify the name and
number of the dogs, the name of the owner and, if applicable, the name of a keeper.
Each such license may be renewed from year to year by the town clerk upon application
of such owner or keeper.
(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief Animal Control Officer or any
animal control officer may at any time inspect or cause to be inspected any location,
required by a town to be licensed, keeping ten or more unneutered or unspayed dogs
capable of breeding, by a registered veterinarian appointed by the commissioner and if,
in the judgment of the commissioner, such location is not being maintained in a sanitary
and humane manner or if he finds that communicable or infectious disease or other
unsatisfactory conditions exist, he may issue such orders as he deems necessary for the
correction of such conditions and may quarantine the premises and animals. If the owner
or keeper of such location fails to comply with such orders, the commissioner may
recommend the revocation or suspension of such license to the town which issued such
license.
(c) Any person aggrieved by any order issued under the provisions of this section
may appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(d) Any person keeping ten or more unneutered or unspayed dogs capable of breeding, in a location required to be licensed, after such license has been revoked or suspended as herein provided shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than one
hundred dollars.
(P.A. 91-379; P.A. 98-12, S. 14, 22; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 07-217, S. 99.)
History: P.A. 98-12 changed "canine control officer" to "animal control officer" in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998;
June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the
merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 07-217 made a technical
change in Subsec. (d), effective July 12, 2007.