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2011 Legislation
Meeting:
Date:
February 15, 2011
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Department of Environmental Protection
Phoenix Auditorium
79 Elm Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
PIJAC ALERT: CONNECTICUT TO REGULATE “WILD ANIMAL” POSSESSION: PUBLIC HEARING FEBRUARY 15th - COMMENT DEADLINE MARCH 1st January 28, 2011
NEWS: DEP creates list for banning wild, exotic animals by public January 22, 2011
NOTICE Of Intent To Amend Regulations And Notice Of Public Hearing January 11, 2011
DRAFT: Proposal to Promulgate Regulations Pursuant to Connecticut General Statute Section 26-55
AGENCY FISCAL ESTIMATE OF PROPOSED REGULATION
2010 Legislation
News: State plans new restrictions on ownership of wild animals 3/14/2010
DEP Holding Open Forums to Discuss Regulations Concerning Possession of Wild Animals 3/9/2010
DEP Rules Governing Importation, Possession and Liberation of Certain Wild Animals 3/4/2010
2009 Legislation
News:
Wild animal bill
elicits mixed reaction 06/06/2009
Legislature
passes wild animal ban 06/04/2009
Conn. lawmakers won't take up wild animal ban 5/30/2009
Wild animal legislation bogged down by amendments 5/28/2009
File No. 516 Substitute House Bill No. 6552: AN ACT BANNING THE POSSESSION OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ANIMALS AND THE IMPORTATION, POSSESSION AND LIBERATION OF WILD ANIMALS INFO HERE
File No. 516
ENV Joint Favorable Substitute
Raised Bill TEXT
Testimony of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal before the Environment Committee March 9, 2009 (His testimony was 'sneaked' in during a hearing on the Senate Bill 994, An Act Concerning Leghold Traps.)
In the NEWS: State bill would ban ownership of exotic pets 2/6/2009
DEP, Attorney General Propose Legislation Banning Private
Ownership Of Chimps, Other Dangerous Animals
Proposed
S.B. No. 632
Introduced by: Sen. Toni Nathaniel Harp, 10th Dist.,
Democrat
Date Action Taken: 1/26/2009 Referred to Joint Committee on Environment
AN ACT
PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF LARGE CATS AT PRIVATE RESIDENCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the possession of any
mammal of the felidae family weighing fifty pounds or more at a private
residence.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the possession of large cats such as lions,
tigers and cougars at a private residence.
Existing law
House Bill No. 6394- Public Act No. 03-192 AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Approved June 26, 2003
SUMMARY HB 6394 AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2003
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