WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 151

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

11-501.

(a) Except in Montgomery County AND HOWARD 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 Montgomery County AND HOWARD 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.

(h) In Howard County [the]:

(1)      THE fee for dog and kennel licenses is determined by the COUNTY
EXECUTIVE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE County Council; AND

(2)      A DOG LICENSE SHALL EXPIRE AS SPECIFIED BY COUNTY LAW.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 151
(House Bill 324)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland State Lottery Agency - Advertisement of Lotteries

FOR the purpose of curing a previous Act of the General Assembly enacted with a title
defect; providing that the prohibition against advertising or otherwise publishing an
account of a lottery may not be construed or interpreted as being applicable to any
lottery conducted by any government; specifying that a lottery operated by or under
the authority of the government of the District of Columbia may advertise within
Maryland; making stylistic changes; making this Act an emergency measure

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