[nagdu] State & Federal Service Dog Laws

Tue Mar 20 18:37:42 UTC 2012

Sharonda,
    FYI, attached to this message are the new implementing regulations 
concerning service dogs that took effect March 15, 2011. As for your state 
statutes, a good place to begin is on our website

http://www.nagdu.org

Click on "Guide Dog Legislation", then "United States", and find your state 
in the list. You might find we have the actual text of your state's law. If 
not, we should at least have the summary of the law, along with the statute 
number. With this information, you can go to your state's website and find 
the text of the law. If we do not have the actual text and you find it on 
the state's website, please send it to me so we can add it to the ones we do 
have. If you need any help on this, please let me know.

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharonda Greenlaw" <sbgreenlaw at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] A Man Walks into a Bar

> Sorry for this question. But can someone point me to where I can read
> the federal law on the ADA that was changed last year? how do I find
> my state law on the subject? I need to forward this to someone. Thanks
> so much.
> Sharonda
>
> On 3/18/12, Lyn Gwizdak <linda.gwizdak at cox.net> wrote:
>> Maarion,
>> Thios Senator Bennet sure has his head up wheere that Florida sun don't
>> shine for sure!  Good Grief.  Perhaps he hangs around with the 
>> "wonderful"
>> folks who want to set back women's reproduction rights back a century of 
>> so.
>>
>> Bug the hell out of him!
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 1:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] A Man Walks into a Bar
>>
>>
>>> Lyn,
>>>    we did our best to help our legislators understand why this language
>>> was problematic. The fact of the matter is the language was in parity 
>>> with
>>>
>>> the implementing regulations of the ADA until just a few weeks ago. It 
>>> was
>>>
>>> changed and we were never consulted. It is my impression of Senator 
>>> Bennet
>>>
>>> that the more one opposes his bills, the more he digs in his heels and
>>> refuses to listen to logic. We have not been abel to determine if the
>>> House passed the bill. If it did not, the bill is dead, as the 
>>> legislature
>>>
>>> has adjourned until january. If it did pass the House, we will petition
>>> the governor to veto it. Perhaps he will listen to reason!
>>>
>>> fraternally yours,
>>> Marion
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] A Man Walks into a Bar
>>>
>>>
>>>> Marion,
>>>> What's wrong with your legislators to pass a bill that makes the law 
>>>> like
>>>>
>>>> the ADA prior to last March???  Haven't they read about why the ADA was
>>>> changed in regards to all kinds of animals being allowed to be service
>>>> animals and all the problems that have come up over the years that
>>>> prompted the ADA to make the changes?  Wow!
>>>>
>>>> (Lyn shakes head over this! LOL!)
>>>>
>>>> Lyn and Landon
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
>>>> To: "nyagdu" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>; "NJAGDU List" <NJAGDU at NFBNET.ORG>;
>>>> "NAGDU List" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>; "FLAGDU List" <FLAGDU at NFBNET.ORG>;
>>>> "NAGDU Leaders List" <nagdu-leaders at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 4:41 PM
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] A Man Walks into a Bar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>    A man walks into a bar with a dog. The bartender sees them and
>>>>> shouts, "Hey! You can't bring that pig in here!"
>>>>>
>>>>> "This isn't a pig," the man replies, "it's a dog!"
>>>>>
>>>>> "I was talking to the dog!"
>>>>>
>>>>>    Well, as of July 1, 2012, you will find it easier to bring that pig
>>>>> into a bar in the state of Florida. Today, with the unanimous vote of
>>>>> the Florida senate, state law has been amended to provide that a 
>>>>> service
>>>>>
>>>>> animal means "any domesticated animal that has been individually 
>>>>> trained
>>>>>
>>>>> to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a
>>>>> disability". In spite of the fact that the United States Department of
>>>>> Justice, due to numerous abuses of the law by those who claimed that
>>>>> their exotic or unusual pet was a service animal, implemented new
>>>>> regulations that took effect on March 15, 2011 that redefines a 
>>>>> service
>>>>> animal as only a dog or, in some cases, a miniature horse, the Florida
>>>>> legislature has open the doors so widely that a standard horse could
>>>>> walk through! Interestingly, because of the same abuses the DOJ
>>>>> attempted to resolve, the Florida senate also voted to impose criminal
>>>>> penalties for those who fraudulently misrepresent their pets as 
>>>>> service
>>>>> animals.
>>>>>    As we consider Florida's new definition of a service animal, we 
>>>>> must
>>>>> define what is a domesticated animal, a task that is not easily done.
>>>>> The Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition (1990) says, "The 
>>>>> fundamental
>>>>> distinction of domesticated animals and plants from their wild 
>>>>> ancestors
>>>>>
>>>>> is that they are created by human labour to meet specific requirements
>>>>> or whims and are adapted to the conditions of continuous care and
>>>>> solicitude people maintain for them." Another definition from
>>>>> Answers.com  states that a domesticated animal is "any animal that
>>>>> depends on a human for food, water and shelter. This includes farm
>>>>> animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, chickens, goats, dogs and cats.
>>>>> There are also a couple of species of insect (e.g. the silk worm) that
>>>>> are classified as domesticated. Certain birds (besides chickens) and
>>>>> fish are also considered domestic, even a species of reptile and
>>>>> amphibian or two."
>>>>>
>>>>>    So, the next time you hear the  bartender yelling, ":You can't 
>>>>> bring
>>>>> that pig in here!" you will likely hear the dog reply, "He's my 
>>>>> service
>>>>> pig!" Or maybe a service silkworm!
>>>>>
>>>>> Fraternally yours,
>>>>> Marion Gwizdala, President
>>>>> National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)
>>>>> National Federation of the Blind
>>>>> 813-626-2789
>>>>> President at NAGDU.ORG
>>>>> HTTP://WWW.NAGDU.ORG
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> National Federation of the Blind
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