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TagsSeeks to save taxpayer dollars
Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Monmouth) doesn't want taxpayer dollars going to the dogs so she introduced legislation Monday to stop it.
Casagrande said that under the bill, cities and towns would no longer be required to use spend money on state-mandated biennial dog census.
The measure, A-2931, would repeals the requirement for a canine census, which has been on the books since 1941 and has not been obeyed by a vast majority of municipalities.
Of the New Jersey's 566 municipalities, only 81 conducted a census in 2009 and 91 did do in 2008.
"Officials cannot justify this expense to property taxpayers and state government does not have the resources to enforce it," Casagrande said. "As we reform government, we must explore all ways to reduce expenses for taxpayers."Casagrande said local officials would not be barred from conducting a pet census if they believe that is in the best interest of their constituents.
"If towns can justify to property taxpayers using limited resources to count dogs, they can continue their censuses without a mandate from Trenton," Casagrande said. "Our federal Constitution requires a count of the people every 10 years, there is no similar requirement about having to do it more frequently for pooches. "This mandate is just another senseless example of too much government in New Jersey.''
