Revision: June 2, 2010, midnight
HB 1417 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
05/13/10 2048s
2010 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 1417
AN ACT allowing the companion dogs of restaurant owners in certain areas of restaurants.
SPONSORS: Rep. Butler, Carr 1; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill allows the companion dogs of restaurant owners in certain areas of restaurants.
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05/13/10 2048s
10-2636
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT allowing the companion dogs of restaurant owners 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.
II. A restaurant owner may allow his or her properly disciplined companion dog inside his or her place of business. Such dogs shall not be allowed in food preparation or production areas. A restaurant owner allowing his or her companion dog shall prominently display a sign at all public entrances advising patrons that his or her companion dog is allowed on the premises and that such dog shall be removed from any portion of the premises where members of the public are present in the event a patron with a service dog is present.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.