[ SHOWGSD-L ] OH SB 95 - URGENT

From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
To: GSD list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:44:41 -0700
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  The Senate State and Local Government and Veterans' Affairs  
Committee will accept another substitute bill for SB 95 next Tuesday  
and will hear testimony on that sub-bill on Wednesday, May 26, at 9:30  
a.m. The bill is then scheduled for a possible vote, something they  
rarely do if they don't have the votes to pass.
  We will not get a copy of the sub-bill until the committee accepts  
it at Tuesday's hearing, so there's little time to prepare testimony  
on its provisions.

  We need people to contact the committee prior to the hearings and  
ask that members vote "no" unless the the sub-bill eliminates the  
overbearing standards in previous versions; returns bonds if charges  
are dismissed; allows court appeals to take place in the county where  
the infraction allegedly occurred instead of forcing breeders to  
travel to a special court in Columbus; drops language allowing the new  
state agency to approve rescue adoption fees; and drops language  
requiring the owners of intact dogs to buy a regular kennel license.

  The bill defines two types of kennel licenses: a "dog kennel" or  
"kennel" and a "regulated dog breeding kennel." Under current law, all  
breeders who produce puppies for sale or hunting in Ohio are required  
to have a kennel license. The current versions of SB 95 requires that  
all breeders who produce more than 8 litters and sell more than 60  
dogs and puppies apply for a license to operate as a "regulated dog  
breeding kennel." Breeders who produce fewer litters or sell fewer  
dogs and puppies fall under the definition of "dog kennel" or  
"kennel." The language specifying that kennel licenses are for  
breeders who produce puppies for sale or hunting is being changed so  
that owners of adult dogs "kept for the purpose of breeding" must have  
a kennel license. A breeding dog is defined as an intact adult dog.  
Since it is not possible to prove that an intact adult dog is NOT  
being kept for the purpose of breeding at some future date, it is  
reasonable to interpret this language as requiring a kennel license  
for even a single intact dog, bringing the cost of licensing that dog  
to five times the amount for licensing an altered dog.

  The hearing will take place in the Grant Hearing Room (#110) in the  
Capitol Building in Columbus.

  Committee members are:

  Senator Jim Hughes (Chair and Bill Sponsor)

Senate Building

Room #038, Ground Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-5981

Email: SD16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator Jimmy Stewart (Vice-Chair)

Senate Building

Room #040, Ground Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-8076

Email: SD20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator Teresa Fedor (Ranking Minority Member)

Statehouse

Room #051, Ground Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-5204

Email: SD11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator John Carey

Senate Building

Room #127, First Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-8156

Email: SD17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator Timothy Grendell

Senate Building

Room #042, Ground Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 644-7718

E-mail: SD18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator Ray Miller

Senate Building

Room #228, Second Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-5131

E-mail: rmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator Bill Seitz

Senate Building

Room #143, First Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-8068

Email: SD08@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator Nina Turner

Senate Building

Room #226, Second Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-4583

Email: senatorturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Senator Mark Wagoner

Senate Building

Room #129, First Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-8060

Email: SD02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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