Baltimore City Council
File #: 11-0667    Version: 0 Name: Health - Animal Control and Protection
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed - End of Term
File created: 3/7/2011 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Health - Animal Control and Protection FOR the purpose of requiring that certain animal licenses be denied or revoked if the applicant or licensee or certain persons connected with the applicant or licensee has been convicted, at any time, of animal abuse, cruelty, or neglect; and generally relating to the control and protection of animals.
Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Bill Henry, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Carl Stokes, Rochelle Spector, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger
Indexes: Animal Control, Health, Protective Measures
Attachments: 1. 11-0667 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Health - 11-0667.pdf, 3. Law - 11-0667.pdf, 4. BARCS - 11-0667.pdf, 5. Health - 11-0667.pdf
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL


Introduced by: Councilmembers Kraft and Curran


A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Health - Animal Control and Protection

FOR the purpose of requiring that certain animal licenses be denied or revoked if the applicant or licensee or certain persons connected with the applicant or licensee has been convicted, at any time, of animal abuse, cruelty, or neglect; and generally relating to the control and protection of animals.
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BY repealing and reordaining, without amendments
Article - Health
Section(s) 10-201(a), 10-210(a), 10-905(a)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)

BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article - Health
Section(s) 10-203, 10-211, 10-219, 10-906, 10-909
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)

SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Revised Code

Article – Health

Title 10. Animal Control and Protection


Subtitle 2. Licensing

Part I. Dog and Cat Licenses

§ 10201. License required.

(a) In general.

The keeper of any dog or cat must obtain and annually renew a license for that dog or cat, as provided in this Part I.

§ 10203. Applications.

The application for a license must:

(1) be in the form that the Commissioner of Health requires;

(2) be accompanied by the required...

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