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

Buddy Brannan buddy at brannan.name
Mon Jan 18 13:38:08 UTC 2016 

IIRC = "If I recall correctly". 

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> On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:35 AM, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Wayne, what is the IIRC. That escapes me.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wayne And Harley via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 7:00 AM
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> Cc: Wayne And Harley <k9dad at k9di.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can be registered
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> 
> The proposed law, from what I read is silent on training. Current Michigan access laws require a trainer to be registered with the state, IIRC, however once a Service Dog is trained and working the Owner Trainer is protected by the ADA. 
> 
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> Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,
> 
> Wayne M. Scace 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: d m gina via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: 1/17/2016  23:11  (GMT-06:00)
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs
>  can	be registered 
> 
> What happens to the folks who train their own dogs?
> just doesn't seem respectful.
> 
> Original message:
>> 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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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of larry d 
>> keeler via NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:03 PM
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>> Cc: larry d keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service 
>> dogs can be registered
> 
>> The patch again is entirely voluntary. They can not! Ask for ID.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wayne And 
>> Harley via NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 1:45 PM
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>> Cc: Wayne And Harley
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service 
>> dogs can be registered
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> 
> 
>> 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
> 
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Marianne Denning via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: 1/16/2016  15:42  (GMT-06:00)
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,        the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>, Tina Thomas  
>> <judotina48kg at gmail.com>
>> 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-se
>>> r 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.
> 
>>> 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.
> 
>>> "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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