130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 561
H.P. 406 House of Representatives, February 24, 2021
Resolve, To Improve Standards for Animal Rescue Entities
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 22, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed
pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative STEARNS of Guilford.
Cosponsored by Representatives: KINNEY of Knox, LANDRY of Farmington, Senators:
BLACK of Franklin, DAVIS of Piscataquis.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Sec. 1. Department to adopt rules regarding animal rescue entities.
2 Resolved: That the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall adopt
3 rules that set standards for animal rescue entities, including but not limited to rescue dog
4 operations, that specify staff-to-animal ratios and that govern animals that are returned
5 multiple times and resold or placed in multiple homes. Rules adopted pursuant to this
6 section are routine technical rules as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5,
7 chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
8 SUMMARY
9 This resolve requires the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to
10 adopt rules that set standards for animal rescue entities, including but not limited to rescue
11 dog operations, that specify staff-to-animal ratios and that govern animals that are returned
12 multiple times and resold or placed in multiple homes.
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