Dogs may become Ohio's newest cash cow

Channel 10 reported 10/26/07 about a bill in the Ohio House that changes the definition of vicious dogs. It removes the mention of pit bulls from the Code. It also is the beginning of yet another tax on, and intrusion into the affairs of, dog owners. Here's the link.

What apparently went right by the media, so far, is this section:

"(B) Upon the transfer of ownership of any dog, the seller of the dog shall give the buyer a transfer of ownership certificate that shall be signed by the seller. The certificate shall contain the registration number of the dog, the name of the seller, and a brief description of the dog. Blank forms of the certificate may be obtained from the county auditor. A transfer of ownership shall be recorded by the auditor upon presentation of a transfer of ownership certificate that is signed by the former owner of a dog and that is accompanied by a fee of twenty-five cents."

The bill, which was introduced Thursday by Rep. Shawn Webster, R-Hamilton, can be read at this link.

Once adopted as an Ohio law, dogs will become just like cars. They will have registration numbers and the state will take a cut every time there is a transfer of ownership of a dog. At the beginning this "service" will cost 25 cents, and a great deal of time and effort. It will also require more layers of bureaucrats on your payroll to take care of all this make-work. And that means Ohio bureaucrats will ramp up the fee to feed the bureaucrats and turn dogs into yet another of the state's cash cows.