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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Curran
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Animal Control and Protection - Reconstitution
FOR the purpose of reconstituting the laws governing animals and their control and protection; prohibiting certain conduct; requiring licenses or permits for certain animals; providing for the licensing and regulation of certain animal facilities; prohibiting the keeping of certain animals; establishing standards for the general care and control of animals;.establishing standards for the protection of animals from cruelty, abuse, and other inappropriate conduct; providing for the treatment of animals at large, dangerous animals, and vicious dogs; providing for the administration of complaints; providing for the appointment of animal control officers and for the enforcement of these laws by police officers, animal control officers, humane officers, and other authorized persons; abolishing the Vicious Dog Hearing Board and substituting for it a new Animal Hearing Board with broadened jurisdiction; authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations to supplement the law; defining certain terms; changing the name of the Bureau of Animal Control to Office of Animal Control; imposing certain civil and criminal penalties; conforming certain related...
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