Bill Text - HB249 (2019)

Permitting restaurant owners to allow dogs in restaurants.


Revision: Dec. 27, 2018, 3:48 p.m.

HB 249 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0309

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 249

 

AN ACT permitting restaurant owners to allow dogs in restaurants.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Rogers, Merr. 28; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. Klee, Hills. 30; Rep. Rollins, Sull. 6; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24; Rep. Schamberg, Merr. 4; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits restaurant owners to allow dogs in restaurants.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0309

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT permitting restaurant owners to allow dogs in restaurants.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Dogs in Restaurants.  RSA 466:44, II is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

II.  A restaurant owner may allow dogs inside his or her place of business.  Such dogs shall not be allowed in food preparation or production areas.  A restaurant owner allowing dogs shall prominently display a sign at all public entrances advising patrons that dogs are allowed on the premises.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.