| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to animal control or cruelty ordinances; |
| 3 | amending s. 828.27, F.S.; requiring a county or |
| 4 | municipality enacting an ordinance relating to animal |
| 5 | control or cruelty to impose a specified surcharge on the |
| 6 | civil penalty for violations of the ordinance; specifying |
| 7 | use of the proceeds of the surcharge; providing |
| 8 | construction; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section |
| 13 | 828.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 828.27 Local animal control or cruelty ordinances; |
| 15 | penalty.- |
| 16 | (4) |
| 17 | (b) The governing body of a county or municipality |
| 18 | enacting an ordinance relating to animal control or cruelty |
| 19 | shall may impose and collect a surcharge of $15 up to $5 upon |
| 20 | each civil penalty imposed for each violation of the an |
| 21 | ordinance relating to animal control or cruelty. One dollar of |
| 22 | the surcharge may be retained by the clerk of the court, $5 of |
| 23 | the surcharge proceeds from such surcharges shall be used to pay |
| 24 | the costs of training for animal control officers, and the |
| 25 | remainder of the surcharge shall be used to subsidize the costs |
| 26 | of spaying or neutering of dogs and cats whose owners |
| 27 | voluntarily submit their animals for sterilization. Owners of |
| 28 | such animals may not be charged more for the spaying or |
| 29 | neutering than the cost of sterilization less the subsidy paid |
| 30 | from the surcharge. This paragraph does not require the |
| 31 | governing body of a county or municipality to enact such an |
| 32 | ordinance. |
| 33 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |