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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-116" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Regulation of Animals">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Commissioners of Caroline County may adopt rules and regulations by resolution or ordinance to provide for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issuing dog licenses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>keeping records of all sales of licenses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>designating persons authorized to sell licenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>seizing and disposing of dogs found running at large in the county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before the county commissioners adopt a rule or regulation in accordance with this subsection, a summary of the proposed rule or regulation shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once each week for 2 successive weeks, to provide any person an opportunity to be heard.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The rules and regulations shall include standards and operate uniformly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (5) of this subsection, the county commissioners may delegate, by written contract, the enforcement of the rules and regulations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The county commissioners shall reserve the right to cancel a written contract executed in accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A cancellation under this paragraph:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>may be without notice or recourse, if the cancellation is for cause; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>requires notice at least 30 days before cancellation, if the cancellation is without cause.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Commissioners of Caroline County may appoint animal control officers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An animal control officer appointed under this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has all the powers of a peace officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may sell and issue dog licenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may seize and dispose of stray, injured, unlicensed, diseased, or vicious dogs in accordance with rules and regulations of the county commissioners.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The county commissioners may provide for the compensation of an animal control officer appointed under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Commissioners of Caroline County may provide animal shelters where dogs seized by an animal control officer may be placed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county commissioners may enter into agreements with adjacent counties to establish an animal shelter to serve the counties.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding § 13–105(d) of this subtitle, the county commissioners may use the proceeds from dog license fees to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>establish and maintain an animal shelter; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>collect, care for, or euthanize dogs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
