[NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can be registered

Mon Jan 18 02:54:19 UTC 2016

A slippery slope....Remind me again why diluting our civil rights to go about our daily lives is desirable? What next? Special stickers for users of wheelchairs, walkers, canes, or prosthetic limbs?

Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

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From: Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Date: 1/17/2016  20:18  (GMT-06:00) 
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
Cc: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs
 	can	be registered 

Sure, the patch is entirely voluntary, but I am not sure how much that
matters. People don't understand those demarkations. When someone at your
local pub says you can't bring the dog in here, and you give the ADA stuff,
they can still say, "Yes, but you need to have it registered." Least that's
how it feels to me.
Cindy

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The patch again is entirely voluntary. They can not! Ask for ID. 

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can
be registered

In this case, as in California, or any other state, the law that grants the
most protection to the Service Dog Owner will apply. In the case of someone
going through Michigan with an unpatched Service Dog,  the protections of
the ADA would pertain.

Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

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From: Marianne Denning via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Date: 1/16/2016  15:42  (GMT-06:00) 
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Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>, Tina Thomas
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can
 	be registered 

This concerns me because if I travel to MI and don't have one of those
patches will I be harassed by business owners?  What happens then?  I know
it says "people can," but that may be interpreted by business owners as
"people must."

Thanks for this update.

On 1/16/16, Tina Thomas via NAGDU  wrote:
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> From: seeing-eye at googlegroups.com [mailto:seeing-eye at googlegroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Sue Martin
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 10:22 AM
> To: seeing-eye at googlegroups.com
> Subject: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can be 
> registered
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> From:
> http://www.wzzm13.com/story/news/local/2016/01/14/new-law-updating-ser
> vice-animal-rules-takes-effect-soon/78812092/
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> GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) -- Next week, a new state law goes into 
> effect updating Michigan's rules on service animals.
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> The state's Department of Civil Rights held a news conference in Grand 
> Rapids Thursday to outline the new law. It provides a chance for 
> people who use service animals to register them with the state. Once 
> registered, those people will receive an official state patch that can 
> be attached to the harness.
>
> That will make it easier for businesses to determine who is entitled 
> to a service animal accommodation, said the state's Americans with 
> Disabilities Act compliance director Sharon Ellis.
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> "It's going to be so much easier not only to have your service animal 
> by your side, but you'll have the peace of mind to have the state of 
> Michigan by your side also," Ellis said.
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> The law also stiffens penalties for people who falsely say their pet 
> is a service animal.
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> It takes effect on Monday.
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053

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