Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 922
       
       
       
       By Senator Hill
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to dangerous dogs; amending s. 767.14,
    3         F.S.; eliminating the prohibition of breed-specific
    4         local government regulation of dangerous dogs;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6         
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8         
    9         Section 1. Section 767.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   10  read:
   11         767.14 Additional local restrictions authorized.—Nothing in
   12  this act shall limit any local government from placing further
   13  restrictions or additional requirements on owners of dangerous
   14  dogs or developing procedures and criteria for the
   15  implementation of this act, provided that no such regulation is
   16  specific to breed and that the provisions of this act are not
   17  lessened by such additional regulations or requirements. This
   18  section shall not apply to any local ordinance adopted prior to
   19  October 1, 1990.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.