Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1417 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 1417
AN ACT allowing companion dogs in certain areas of restaurants.
SPONSORS: Rep. Butler, Carr 1; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill allows companion dogs in certain areas of restaurants.
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10-2636
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT allowing companion dogs in certain areas of restaurants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Dogs; Restaurants and Food Stores. Amend RSA 466:44 to read as follows:
466:44 Restaurants and Food Stores.
I. Except as provided in paragraph II, no person shall bring any animal into any restaurant or any store that sells food; and no person shall allow any animal to enter in any store that sells food, except for guide dogs leading blind persons, and the hearing ear dog and the service dog as provided in RSA 167-D. Whoever violates the provisions of this [section] paragraph shall be guilty of a violation.
II. A restaurant owner may allow, at the restaurant owner’s discretion, any person possessing a properly disciplined companion dog inside his or her place of business. Such dogs shall not be allowed in food preparation or production areas. Restaurant owners allowing companion dogs shall prominently display a sign at all public entrances advising patrons that companion dogs are allowed on the premises.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.