QueenScoopalot
05-11-2004, 04:17 PM
http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1084095314202420.xml Proposed state law would force landlords to accept dogs, cats on their properties
Sunday, May 09, 2004
TRENTON -- It's the one phrase pet-owning apartment hunters and would-be house renters fear to find buried within a classified ad: No pets allowed.
Now, a group of New Jersey lawmakers is pushing a bill that would secure the right of tenants to own dogs, cats and other common pets.
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And the measure would make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against prospective clients who own pets, making violations punishable by a $500 fine.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals endorsed the proposal, calling it an important way to prevent animals from being euthanized because owners can no longer keep them.
The five-member Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee unanimously approved the bill Monday. It next heads to Assembly Speaker Albio Sires, D-Hudson, who will decide whether to post it for a full vote in the Assembly.
Under the legislation, which still needs to clear the full Legislature, renters would be permitted to keep certain animals as pets after providing written notice to landlords.
I think it should also be written into the proposed law that all animals are altered, vaccinated, and microchipped. ;) ;) ;)
Sunday, May 09, 2004
TRENTON -- It's the one phrase pet-owning apartment hunters and would-be house renters fear to find buried within a classified ad: No pets allowed.
Now, a group of New Jersey lawmakers is pushing a bill that would secure the right of tenants to own dogs, cats and other common pets.
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And the measure would make it illegal for landlords to discriminate against prospective clients who own pets, making violations punishable by a $500 fine.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals endorsed the proposal, calling it an important way to prevent animals from being euthanized because owners can no longer keep them.
The five-member Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee unanimously approved the bill Monday. It next heads to Assembly Speaker Albio Sires, D-Hudson, who will decide whether to post it for a full vote in the Assembly.
Under the legislation, which still needs to clear the full Legislature, renters would be permitted to keep certain animals as pets after providing written notice to landlords.
I think it should also be written into the proposed law that all animals are altered, vaccinated, and microchipped. ;) ;) ;)