Sec. 53-330a. Access to public transportation and places of public accommodation for volunteer canine search and rescue teams.
Sec. 53-330a. Access to public transportation and places of public accommodation for volunteer canine search and rescue teams. (a) Any individual who is an
active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, may travel on a train or on any other mode of public transportation, and may enter
or visit any other place of public accommodation which caters or offers its services or
facilities or goods to the general public, including, but not limited to, any public building,
inn, restaurant, hotel, motel, tourist cabin, place of amusement, resort or any facility
of any such public accommodation, accompanied by the dog in such team, and such
individual may keep such dog with him or her at all times in any such public accommodation or facility thereof at no extra charge, provided such team is engaged in a search or
rescue operation and such dog shall be in the direct custody of such individual and
shall wear a harness or red or orange-colored identification. No such individual shall
be charged any fee not applicable alike to all guests, provided the owner of such dog
shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog.
(b) Any person who denies the rights afforded to active individual members of a
volunteer canine search and rescue team under subsection (a) of this section shall be
guilty of a class C misdemeanor, provided such individual member complies with the
applicable provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 04-241, S. 5.)
See Sec. 46a-44 for like provisions re guide and assistance dogs.