Ch. 142 LAWS OF MARYLAND

FOR the purpose of providing that in Montgomery County a dog license shall expire
when a rabies vaccination certification expires.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 56 - Licenses
Section 191(a) and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

191.

(a) [On] EXCEPT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ON or before the first day
of July of each year, the owner of any dog, six months old or over, shall apply either
orally or in writing, to the county treasurer or to the tax collecting officer in said county
for a license for each such dog owned or kept by him, and such application shall be
accompanied by a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each male dog or each spayed female
dog, and a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for each unspayed female dog, and provided that
kennel license shall be issued for ten dollars ($10.00) to persons owning or keeping not
in excess of twenty-five dogs and that a kennel license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00)
shall be issued to persons keeping more than twenty-five dogs. The said license or fee
shall be the only license or tax required for the ownership or keeping of said dog or
dogs. Such license shall be issued on a form prepared and supplied by the county
commissioners. Such license shall be dated and numbered, and shall contain a
description of the dog licensed. [All] EXCEPT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALL
licenses shall be void upon the first day of July of the following year. The county
commissioners shall also furnish, and the county treasurer, or tax collecting officer
issuing the license, shall issue, with each license, a metal tag. Such tag shall be affixed
to a substantial collar. The collar shall be furnished by the owner, and with the tag
attached shall at all times be kept on the dog for which the license is issued, except
when confined in the kennel or when hunting in charge of an attendant.

(d) In Montgomery County [the]:

(1) THE fees for dogs shall be determined by the County Executive of
[said] THE county; AND

(2) A DOG LICENSE SHALL EXPIRE WHEN A RABIES
VACCINATION CERTIFICATION ISSUED UNDER § 18-319(A)(3) OF THE
HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE EXPIRES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

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