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2009 Alabama Laws Act 2009-636 (S.B. 469)
ALABAMA 2009 SESSION LAW SERVICE
2009 REGULAR SESSION
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Act 2009-636
S.B. No. 469
ANIMALS--RABIES--VACCINATIONS--REQUIRED ANIMALS
By: Senator Dixon
Enrolled, An Act, Relating to rabies immunization of cats and dogs; to amend Sections 3-7A-1, 3-7A-2, 3-7A-3, 3-7A-5, 3-7A-7, 3-7A-8, 3-7A-9, 3-7A-10, 3- 7A-11, 3-7A-12, and 3-7A-14, Code of Alabama 1975, to add members of the ferret (Mustela putorius furo) family to the list of animals required to be vaccinated against rabies; to provide further for public rabies clinics and set fees therefor; to provide further for penalties to owners of animals found to be unvaccinated; to allow for home quarantine as directed by the health officer; to provide for humane euthanizing of certain biting animals; to provide for quarantine of rabies endemic areas; to authorize exemptions from vaccinations under certain conditions; to add Section 3-7A-16 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that persons assisting at rabies vaccination clinics would be considered volunteers; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Sections 3-7A-1, 3-7A-2, 3-7A-3, 3-7A-5, 3-7A-7, 3-7A-8, 3-7A-9, 3-7A-10, 3-7A-11, 3-7A-12, and 3-7A-14, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
"§ 3-7A-8.
"All dogs, cats, and ferrets which have been impounded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, after notice is given to the owner as provided in Section 3-7A-7, may be humanely destroyed and disposed of when not redeemed by the owner within seven days. In case the owner of an impounded animal desires to redeem the animal, he or she may do so on the following condition: He or she shall pay for the immunization of the animal and a penalty equal to the minimum fine established in Section 3-7A-6 if a certificate of current immunization cannot be produced, and for the board of the animal for the period for which it was impounded. The amount paid for the board of the animal shall accrue to the credit of the city or county, depending upon the jurisdiction of the pound in which the animal was confined. At his or her discretion, the impounding officer may provide for adoption of any animal not redeemed or claimed or otherwise disposed of, to any person desiring the animal, if the person complies with all the provisions of this chapter.
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