HB2914 - Tennessee - Animals And Animal Cruelty

Companion Bill SB3147. Animals and Animal Cruelty - Creates a new category of dog and cat dealer called a "commercial breeder" and establishes requirements to be licensed as such. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17. Fiscal Summary for *HB2914 / SB3147Increase State Revenue - $31,300 Increase State Expenditures - $5,000 / One-Time $96,000 / Recurring Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2914 / SB3147 Present law requires dealers in dogs and cats to be licensed. A "dealer" is any person who, for compensation or profit, buys, sells, transports (except as a common carrier), delivers for transportation, or boards dogs or cats for research purposes, or any person who buys or sells 25 or more dogs or cats in any one calendar year for resale within the state or for transportation out of the state,[...]

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