3096                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 609

59B.

(A) A PERSON MAY NOT:

(1) PROMOTE, MANAGE, AID, DIRECT, OR CONDUCT A

DOGFIGHT;

(2) RECEIVE MONEY FOR THE ADMISSION OF ANOTHER PERSON
TO A DOGFIGHT;

(3) SELL, PURCHASE, OR POSSESS A DOG FOR THE PURPOSE
OF FIGHTING;

(4) SELL, PURCHASE, POSSES, TRAIN, OR USE A DOG FOR
THE PURPOSE OF SEIZING, DETAINING, OR MALTREATING A DOMESTIC
ANIMAL;

(5) KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR PERMIT ANY BUILDING OR

GROUNDS TO BE USED FOR A DOGFIGHT; OR

(6) BE PRESENT AT, OR PURCHASE A TICKET OF ADMISSION
TO, A DOGFIGHT.

(B) ANY PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF ANY OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS:

(1) GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINE
NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 90 DAYS OR
BOTH; AND

(2) LIABLE FOR ALL COSTS FOR TREATMENT OR HUMANE
DISPOSAL OF ANY ANIMAL INVOLVED IN THE VIOLATION.

(C) A DOG SEIZED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, ANIMAL
WARDEN, OR AGENT OF A HUMANE SOCIETY IN THE COURSE OF AN
INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL:

(1) BECOME THE PROPERTY OF A HUMANE SOCIETY OR AN
ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCY; AND

(2) BE TREATED OR HUMANELY DISPOSED OF IF, IN THE
OPINION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, ANIMAL, WARDEN, OR AGENT
OF A HUMANE SOCIETY, THIS ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ALLEVIATE THE
SUFFERING OF THE DOG.

59.

Any person who (1) overdrives, overloads, deprives of
necessary sustenance, tortures, torments, cruelly beats,
mutilates or cruelly kills; or (2) causes, procures or authorizes
these acts; or (3) having the charge or custody of an animal,
either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary suffering or
pain upon the animal, or unnecessarily fails to provide the
animal with nutritious food in sufficient quantity, necessary