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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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State
Rep. John Galloway
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Galloway, local community leaders request public hearing
on dog ordinance bill
HARRISBURG, March 10 – State Rep. John Galloway, along with local officials, today asked the House Agriculture Committee to hold a public hearing on his bill that would give communities the right to adopt their own dog ordinances, provided they are not breed specific.
Bristol Borough Manager Jim Dillon, Bristol Borough Solicitor Bill Salerno and community activist Liz Fisher traveled to Harrisburg to meet with Galloway and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Hanna, D-Clinton/Centre. Clinton and Centre counties
Hanna was agreeable to holding a hearing sometime in the future.
Under current Pennsylvania law, communities are prohibited from enacting their own dog ordinances, including leash laws, because they must adhere to state law which requires an owner have 'reasonable control' over a dog.
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