If the landlord's insurance company
prohibits specific breeds, it is not reasonable to expect the landlord to be uninsured.
It allows for the regulation of specific breeds via spay, neuter status, but
prohibits specific breeds to be declared «potentially dangerous» or «vicious.»
Housing laws and policies that ban pets,
prohibit specific breeds, require cats to be declawed or dogs to be debarked or severely restrict pet ownership based on size should be rejected.
Not exact matches
In addition, homeowners associations and companies that provide renters insurance often implement similar
breed -
specific restrictions that
prohibit people from having or keeping American Pit Bull Terriers as pets.
Zebrowski, a Pit Bull owner, has put forth a bill that will
prohibit landlords from targeting
specific breeds and banning them from housing units.
Breed Specific Legislation was first proclaimed in Victoria in 2005
prohibiting the import of four
breeds of dog:
Although the ban on
breed specific legislation allows Delaware's dog owners to open their family to any dog they choose, it does not
prohibit landlords or property managers from barring certain
breeds from housing, an issue that a large number of dog owners face.
Some cities have
specific laws that
prohibit certain
breeds of dogs, often «bully
breeds,» from residing in that city or requiring them to be registered with the city.
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Two more states have
prohibited cities from enacting
breed -
specific ordinances and many cities have come to the same decision on their own and repealed their ordinances.
Breed can be a factor in a dog's temperament, but can not be used to predict his likelihood of biting.And Maryland's ruling bucks a national trend that's seen about a dozen states prohibit local governments from passing breed - specific legisla
Breed can be a factor in a dog's temperament, but can not be used to predict his likelihood of biting.And Maryland's ruling bucks a national trend that's seen about a dozen states
prohibit local governments from passing
breed - specific legisla
breed -
specific legislation.
Does your community favor or
prohibit breed specific legislation?
«This comment examines
breed specific legislation — the unfortunate attempt of legislatures throughout the country to address the valid concern over vicious dog attacks by
prohibiting or strictly regulating entire
breeds, most often, pit bulls.
This year our priority bills include legislation to end wildlife hunting competitions,
prohibit breed -
specific dog bans, improve shelter standards for livestock, and require the use of non-animal testing methods for consumer products.
«Currently 19 different states have passed laws
prohibiting county or municipal
breed specific legislation, and Missouri is one of the most recent to begin discussions on the topic.
For that reason, it is important for Love - A-Bull members to know that Texas state law
prohibits breed -
specific legislation.
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The following 17 states
prohibit their municipalities from passing
breed -
specific laws: Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Massachusetts, Nevada, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Utah and South Dakota.
New York is now the 12th state to
prohibit passage of
breed -
specific legislation; dogs will now be judged on the deeds, not their
breeds.
More significantly, after pit bull advocates won legislation in 19 states
prohibiting the passage of
breed -
specific local dangerous dog ordinances, victim advocates have mobilized on campaign budgets of nothing to stop the passage of similar laws in at least six other states, as well as defeating aggressive efforts to repeal pit bull bans by ballot initiative in Miami in 2012 and Aurora, Colorado in 2014, winning the 2016 passage of a pit bull ban in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and obtaining the introduction of a proposed pit bull ban throughout Quebec province.
Texas state law currently
prohibits discrimination against individuals based on their dog's
breed or appearance (also known as
breed -
specific legislation, or BSL).
• Twenty - two jurisdictions instituted statewide bans on
breed -
specific legislation (or «BSL») by either
prohibiting municipalities from regulating or outlawing certain dogs based on
breed alone, or otherwise require proof of a dog's supposed dangerous propensities beyond mere
breed: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware *, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
BSL can range from something as mild as a higher licence fee for
specific breeds to an all - out ban, including mandatory destruction of any
prohibited dog found within the boundaries of the legislating jurisdiction.
The most publicized is a «
breed ban,» which
prohibits the future ownership and reproduction (
breeding) of a
specific dog
breed, chiefly pit bulls.
Denver did, however, then file the case entitled City & County of Denver v. State of Colorado to challenge the new law
prohibiting breed specific legislation.
Under that law Colorado municipalities and counties are
prohibited from passing
breed specific legislation.
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A local ordinance otherwise dealing with dogs may not
prohibit or otherwise limit a
specific breed of dog.
Even though California law
prohibits breed bans, it allows local agencies to enact
breed -
specific programs for spaying and neutering to control over-population of a certain
breed.