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| | | An Act To Promote Responsible Pet Ownership |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §3906-B, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. C, | | §12, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §3906-B, sub-§15, as amended by PL 2001, c. 399, §2, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 15. Annual report. The commissioner shall report the | | activities of the commissioner annually by March 1st to the joint | | standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over | | agricultural matters and the joint standing committee of the | | Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters. This | | report must include a summary of cases of cruelty to animals | | investigated by the commissioner, a summary of final dispositions | | of those cases and, with respect to companion animals, a report | | of the number of animal shelter intakes, the number of | | sterilizations and the number of euthanizations and an account of | deposits into and payments from the spaying and neutering fund | | Companion Animal Sterilization Fund established in section 3910- | | B. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §3907, sub-§11-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 11-A.__Companion animal.__"Companion animal" means a cat or | | dog. |
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