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496
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
496
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1095)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
and
city
regulation
of
pet
licenses
1
and
fees.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.301,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
A
county
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
3
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
imposing
a
4
fee
in
excess
of
forty
dollars
annually
in
order
to
obtain
a
5
pet
license.
A
county
shall
allocate
all
revenues
from
pet
6
license
fees
to
animal
control
and
animal
welfare
services.
7
A
county
shall
not
require
a
veterinarian
to
disclose
pet
8
records
including
vaccination
status
as
part
of
implementing,
9
maintaining,
or
enforcing
a
pet
licensing
program,
but
may
10
require
the
pet
owner
applying
for
the
license
to
provide
proof
11
of
vaccination.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
364.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
13
following
new
subsection:
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
15
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
imposing
a
16
fee
in
excess
of
forty
dollars
annually
in
order
to
obtain
17
a
pet
license.
A
city
shall
allocate
all
revenues
from
pet
18
license
fees
to
animal
control
and
animal
welfare
services.
19
A
city
shall
not
require
a
veterinarian
to
disclose
pet
20
records
including
vaccination
status
as
part
of
implementing,
21
maintaining,
or
enforcing
a
pet
licensing
program,
but
may
22
require
the
pet
owner
applying
for
the
license
to
provide
proof
23
of
vaccination.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
prohibits
a
county
or
city
from
adopting
or
28
enforcing
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
29
imposing
a
fee
in
excess
of
$40
annually
in
order
to
obtain
a
30
pet
license.
The
bill
requires
a
county
or
city
to
allocate
31
all
revenues
from
pet
license
fees
to
animal
control
and
32
animal
welfare
services.
Additionally,
a
county
or
city
shall
33
not
require
a
veterinarian
to
disclose
pet
records
including
34
vaccination
status
as
part
of
a
pet
licensing
program
but
may
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require
the
pet
owner
applying
for
the
license
to
provide
proof
1
of
vaccination.
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