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Letter: Fake-service-dog law needs to be tougher

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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Umi is a bonafide service dog for Patrick Hamlow who lost both his legs due to complications with a staph infection. Umi is pictured pushing a handicap button for a door for Hamlow. A new law will fine owners posing their animals as service dogs $100 to $250. The bill goes into effect on January 1, 2019,