Sec. 22-334. Municipal animal control officer's fees. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22-334. Municipal animal control officer's fees. On or before the tenth day of each month, each municipal animal control officer shall present to the chief administrative officer of the town a sworn statement of the services rendered by the municipal animal control officer in the performance of official duties during the previous month. The commissioner shall provide the forms for such statements and a copy of each such statement shall be forwarded to the commissioner by the chief administrative officer promptly upon receipt. Upon presentation of such statement, each municipal animal control officer, other than an officer employed on a salary basis, shall be paid by such city or town from the dog fund account (1) five dollars for each dog returned to its owner or sold as a pet and four dollars for each dog captured, impounded and killed, or otherwise disposed of as provided in this chapter, (2) such expenses as the appointing authority may approve and (3) such other remuneration as the officers having jurisdiction thereof direct. Each municipal animal control officer employed on a salary basis shall be paid, in addition to a regular salary, a bonus of one dollar for each dog returned to its owner or sold as a pet. Each municipal animal control officer shall pay to the town treasurer or other fiscal officer for deposit in the dog fund account all moneys received by the officer in the performance of official duties. Each regional animal control officer shall pay to the commissioner for deposit with the State Treasurer all such moneys received by the officer. Such moneys shall be deposited in the dog fund account and credited to the town from which it was collected for purposes of payment of the amount due under subsection (b) of section 22-331a.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3381; 1951, S. 712b; 1953, S. 1819d; 1957, P.A. 440, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 613, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 81, S. 4; P.A. 79-290, S. 2, 5; P.A. 82-101, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-231, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-59, S. 9; P.A. 93-435, S. 37, 95.)

      History: 1963 act rephrased and clarified provisions generally, distinguished between wardens employed on salary basis and those not so employed in terms of payments for dogs returned to owners, sold as pets, etc., differentiated between amounts paid for dogs returned or adopted and those otherwise disposed of, raising payments for those adopted or returned from $4 to $5, required regional warden to pay moneys received by him to state treasurer and added other references to regional wardens and substituted "dog fund account" for "dog fund license account"; 1969 act replaced references to wardens with references to canine control officers where appropriate; P.A. 79-290 changed date for conducting special surveys re unlicensed dogs from "after August first" to "after July first"; P.A. 82-101 amended the section to make technical revisions and to delete the requirement for an annual survey for unlicensed dogs; P.A. 87-231 required that towns pay dog wardens $1 for dogs licensed after being found unlicensed in a survey and added provision requiring that moneys deposited in dog fund account be credited to town from which collected; P.A. 91-59 replaced references to "local dog warden" with references to "municipal animal control officer"; P.A. 93-435 made certain technical and grammatical revisions, effective June 28, 1993.

      See Sec. 22-349 re impoundment of unlicensed dogs and penalty for owning or keeping unlicensed or impounded dog.