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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Could you provide the text of the bill or a link to it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>llee@nfbct.org<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 02, 2011 12:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of CT list serve<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] legislative alert - dog guides<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To all interested members, </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I have a bill at the legislature that is stuck in the State House, HB 5008. This bill concerns changing statute language to protect dog guides under the same laws as police dogs. This does not have any cost to it; it only changes the state dog guide statutes. I am asking that all interested members please call their legislators, to bring HB 5008 to their attention and to pass it before session closes on June 8<sup>th</sup>. </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>If you need contact information for your state legislators, use the link below:</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/CGAFindLeg.asp" target="_blank" title="www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/CGAFindLeg.asp">www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/CGAFindLeg.asp</a></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you,<br>Beth Rival, President<br>NFB of CT.</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>