Delaware General Assembly

Passed 6/30/24

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

SS 1 for SB 269 w/ HA 1, HA 1 to HA 1

6/6/24

K. Williams

This Amendment makes the conditions under which an animal welfare officer must seize and impound a dog consistent with the findings that the Justice of the Peace Court must make to declare a dog potentially dangerous under § 3077F(a) of Title 16 or dangerous under § 3076F(a) of Title 16. This Amendment also clarifies that the current provision that a dog may lose its potentially dangerous designation after a 24-month term applies only to dogs that are declared potentially dangerous prior to the effective date of the Act. Dogs deemed potentially dangerous on or after the effective date of the Act will retain the potentially dangerous designation permanently. Finally, the Amendment adds a Section 13, which provides that Sections 9 and 10 of the Act, pertaining to the findings necessary to declare a dog dangerous or potentially dangerous and the requirements the owners of those dogs must meet, apply only to actions filed on or after the effective date of this Act.

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