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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Chapter 14
Bill No. 29-71

AN ACT to amend Chapter 76, title "Animals and Fowl,"
of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as amended,
by repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,
the title and subsection (d) of Section 76-62,
title "Minimum standards for the housing and care
of animals," to prohibit the sale in any pet shop
or kennel in Montgomery County of any animal
which is known to have or suspected of having a
disease contagious or communicable to humans.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, That the title and
subsection (d) of Section 76-62 of Chapter 76, title
"Animals and Fowl," of the Montgomery County Code
1965, as amended, are hereby repealed and re—enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

76—62. Minimum standards for the housing, care and
sale of animals.

(d) Disease or illness. Any animal which
exhibits symptoms of disease or illness shall be
separated to the greatest extent possible from other
healthy animals. Any animal confined for either
diagnostic observation or treatment of disease or
illness shall likewise be separated from healthy
animals. No animal which is known to have, or may
reasonably be suspected of having, a disease
contagious or communicable to humans may be offered
for sale by any duly licensed pet shop or kennel.

SECTION 2. Declaration of Emergency.

The County Council hereby declares that an
emergency exists and that this legislation is
necessary for the immediate protection of public
health and safety. Therefore, this Act shall take
effect on the date on which it becomes law.