Bill Text - HB338 (2021)

Relative to penalties for dog theft and tampering with a dog's radio collar.


Revision: May 4, 2021, 11:33 a.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

May 4, 2021

2021-1296s

08/04

 

 

Amendment to HB 338-FN

 

Amend RSA 466:42-a, I as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

I.  Whoever steals a dog shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first and second offense, and a class B felony for each subsequent offense.

2021-1296s

AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes the first and second instances of the crime of dog theft a misdemeanor, and any subsequent instance a class B felony.

 

This bill also makes it a crime to remove certain collars from certain dogs.