Connecticut § 22-334 - Municipal animal control officer's fees.

§ 22-334. Municipal animal control officer's fees.

Sec. 22-334. Municipal animal control officer's fees. On or before the tenth day of each month, each municipal animal control officer shall report their services rendered in the performance of their official duties for the previous month to the Commissioner of Agriculture and the chief administrative officer for the town or region in which such services were rendered. The commissioner shall prescribe and provide the forms for such statements.

(1949 Rev., S. 3381; 1951, S. 712b; 1953, S. 1819d; 1957, P.A. 440, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 613, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 81, S. 4; P.A. 79-290, S. 2, 5; P.A. 82-101, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-231, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-59, S. 9; P.A. 93-435, S. 37, 95; P.A. 23-17, S. 2.)

History: 1963 act rephrased and clarified provisions generally, distinguished between wardens employed on salary basis and those not so employed in terms of payments for dogs returned to owners, sold as pets, etc., differentiated between amounts paid for dogs returned or adopted and those otherwise disposed of, raising payments for those adopted or returned from $4 to $5, required regional warden to pay moneys received by him to state treasurer and added other references to regional wardens and substituted “dog fund account” for “dog fund license account”; 1969 act replaced references to wardens with references to canine control officers where appropriate; P.A. 79-290 changed date for conducting special surveys re unlicensed dogs from “after August first” to “after July first”; P.A. 82-101 amended the section to make technical revisions and to delete the requirement for an annual survey for unlicensed dogs; P.A. 87-231 required that towns pay dog wardens $1 for dogs licensed after being found unlicensed in a survey and added provision requiring that moneys deposited in dog fund account be credited to town from which collected; P.A. 91-59 replaced references to “local dog warden” with references to “municipal animal control officer”; P.A. 93-435 made certain technical and grammatical revisions, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 23-17 deleted requirement to present a sworn statement concerning services rendered to chief administrative officer of town and added requirement to report such services to Commissioner of Agriculture and the chief administrative officer of applicable town, effective June 7, 2023.

See Sec. 22-349 re impoundment of unlicensed dogs and penalty for owning or keeping unlicensed or impounded dog.