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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 384
CHAPTER 384
(House Bill 1185)
AN ACT concerning
Calvert County - Dog and Kennel Licenses
FOR the purpose of excluding Calvert County from certain provisions of law relating
to dog and kennel licenses; providing that dog licenses in Calvert County shall
expire a certain period after the date of issue; repealing a certain obsolete
provision; and generally relating to dog and kennel licenses in Calvert County.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 11-501(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2005 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions
11-501.
(a) Except in CALVERT COUNTY, Carroll County, Cecil County, Montgomery
County, Howard County, and Washington 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. Except in CALVERT COUNTY, Carroll County, Cecil
County, Montgomery County, Howard County, and Washington 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.
(b) In Calvert County the fees for dog licenses shall be determined by the
County Commissioners. However, before establishing or altering any license fee, the
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