H.B. 217

             1     

SERVICE ANIMALS

             2     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Allen M. Christensen

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts language related to a municipal or county ordinance regulating the
             10      keeping of a service animal.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    allows a person to keep a service animal, a retired service animal, or both in
             15      addition to a limit on the number of dogs a person may keep set by a municipality or
             16      county; and
             17          .    makes technical corrections.
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24           10-8-65 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 1967, Chapter 23
             25      ENACTS:
             26           17-50-336 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
             27     


             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 10-8-65 is amended to read:
             30           10-8-65. Regulation of dogs -- Service animals permitted.
             31          (1) A municipality may:
             32          (a) license, tax, regulate, or prohibit the keeping of dogs[,]; and
             33          (b) authorize the destruction, sale, or other disposal of [the same when] a dog if the dog
             34      is at large contrary to ordinance.
             35          (2) (a) As used in this Subsection (2):
             36          (i) "Retired service animal" means a dog that:
             37          (A) at one time was a service animal for the current owner; and
             38          (B) no longer provides service animal services for the owner because of the dog's age
             39      or other factors limiting the dog's service capability.
             40          (ii) "Service animal" means:
             41          (A) a service animal, as defined in Section 62A-5b-102 ; or
             42          (B) a police service canine, as defined in Section 53-16-102 .
             43          (b) If a municipality adopts a limit as to the number of dogs a person may keep, the
             44      municipality shall allow a person to keep a service animal, a retired service animal, or both in
             45      addition to that limit.
             46          Section 2. Section 17-50-336 is enacted to read:
             47          17-50-336. Service animals permitted.
             48          (1) As used in this section:
             49          (a) "Retired service animal" means a dog that:
             50          (i) at one time was a service animal for the current owner; and
             51          (ii) no longer provides service animal services to the owner because of the dog's age or
             52      other factors limiting the dog's service capability.
             53          (b) "Service animal" means:
             54          (i) a service animal, as defined in Section 62A-5b-102 ; or
             55          (ii) a police service canine, as defined in Section 53-16-102 .
             56          (2) If a county adopts a limit as to the number of dogs a person may keep, the county
             57      shall allow a person to keep a service animal, a retired service animal, or both in addition to
             58      that limit.






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