Legislation
SECTION 114
Pounds and shelters
Agriculture & Markets (AGM) CHAPTER 69, ARTICLE 7
§ 114. Pounds and shelters. 1. Each town and city, and each village in
which licenses are issued shall, and any other village and any county
may, establish and maintain a pound or shelter for dogs.
2. In lieu of or in addition to establishing and maintaining such
pound or shelter, any town or city, or any village in which licenses are
issued shall, and any other village and any county may, contract for
pound or shelter services with any other municipality or with any
incorporated humane society or similar incorporated dog protective
association, or with a public authority providing shelter services or
its subsidiary that is wholly created for the sole purpose of providing
such services, or shall establish and maintain, jointly or with one or
more other municipalities, a pound or shelter.
which licenses are issued shall, and any other village and any county
may, establish and maintain a pound or shelter for dogs.
2. In lieu of or in addition to establishing and maintaining such
pound or shelter, any town or city, or any village in which licenses are
issued shall, and any other village and any county may, contract for
pound or shelter services with any other municipality or with any
incorporated humane society or similar incorporated dog protective
association, or with a public authority providing shelter services or
its subsidiary that is wholly created for the sole purpose of providing
such services, or shall establish and maintain, jointly or with one or
more other municipalities, a pound or shelter.