AN ACT ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM LEASH LENGTHS AND A REGISTRY OF DOGS THAT HAVE ATTACKED PERSONS.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5398*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 2272

Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
REP. ABERCROMBIE, 83rd Dist. REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM LEASH LENGTHS AND A REGISTRY OF DOGS THAT HAVE ATTACKED PERSONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide that the maximum leash length for dogs is six feet and to establish a registry of dogs that have bitten an individual.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish the length of leashes for dogs and a registry of dogs that have bitten persons.