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<br /> <br /> <br /> Stacy K. Higa, Chair <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> November 27, 2006 <br /> Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> The bill that results addresses the following areas of concern: <br /> <br /> Article 1: Prohibits cockfighting <br /> Article 2: Prohibits unreasonable animal noise, biting, stinging, or defecating <br /> in inappropriate places. <br /> Article 3: Requires dogs to be licensed <br /> Article 4: Prohibits dogs from straying <br /> Article 5: Regulates dangerous dogs <br /> Article 6: Requires cats to be identified <br /> Article 7: General provisions - prohibits cruelty to animals <br /> Article 8: Establishes animal pounds <br /> Article 9: Establishes general enforcement provisions <br /> <br /> This bill creates a sound basic program for animal control in the County of Hawaii. Passage of <br /> this basic framework will enable the council and community to focus future discussions on any <br /> specific complex issues that may remain of interest. <br /> <br /> <br /> This proposed draft 5 makes the following changes to draft 4: (Proposed changes are <br /> ramseyered) <br /> <br /> Overall Changes <br /> 1. Imprisonment deleted and penalties standardized regarding animal nuisances, regulation <br /> of dogs, and cat identification. (Defecation and nuisance is also affected by this change <br /> as it has been moved into the animal nuisance section.) This schedule of graduated <br /> penalties includes the following fines: <br /> - $25 for a first offense; <br /> - $50 for a second offense within the preceding two years; and <br /> - $100 to $1,000 for repeat offenders who have had two or more prior offenses within <br /> the preceding two years. <br /> <br /> Comment: At the last council meeting, opposition was expressed to prison time as a <br /> sanction for violating the animal noise prohibitions. As this sanction <br /> seems unreasonable, it was removed from all penalties sections in this <br /> chapter except for those relating to cockfighting and dangerous dogs. <br /> <br /> 2. Enforcement provisions standardized and moved into separate article. Enforcement <br /> provisions from Articles 2 (Animal Nuisances) and 4 (Regulation of Dogs), were <br /> standardized and moved into an article that will apply to all articles except for Article 5 <br /> (Dangerous Dogs). Sec. 4-12 from draft 4 of this bill, "Annual report required" was <br /> moved into this new article and made applicable to all enforcement actions affected by <br /> this new article. This new article will read: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br />