[Amended 2-10-1998 by Res. No. 57-1998]
The County Executive is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement
with the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
Inc. (SPCA) whereby the Society shall develop and administer a program
in responsible dog ownership and shall investigate violations involving
cruelty to animals and enforce such laws within Suffolk County.
[Amended 9-15-2011 by L.L. No. 49-2011]
A. The payment for such services shall not exceed and shall be limited
to those funds available to the County for such purposes from dog
license fees as provided in Agriculture and Markets Law § 110,
Subdivision 1, as amended.
B. The Suffolk County Comptroller shall pay to the Society, on a monthly
basis, those funds as are received and available for such purposes
pursuant to Agriculture and Markets Law § 110, Subdivision
1, as amended, as more particularly provided in the executed agreement.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 32-2014]
The term of this agreement shall be biennial, consistent with
the calendar year, subject to renewal on a biennial basis unless terminated
in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
[Amended 2-10-1998 by Res. No. 57-1998]
A. The Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
in Suffolk County (SPCA) is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain,
at no cost and expense to the County of Suffolk, a registry of all
reports of animal bite incidents forwarded to it by the Suffolk County
Police Department in order to provide such information to the public
and to verify the existence of current rabies inoculations for such
animals involved in animal bite incidents.
B. The SPCA shall provide access to such registry by the County Department
of Health Services.
[Amended 2-10-1998 by Res. No. 57-1998]
A. The County Police Department is hereby authorized, empowered and
directed, pursuant to Article XIII of the Suffolk County Charter,
to forward a copy of all reports of animal bite incidents reported
to it to the SPCA, as well as to the County Department of Health Services,
either in writing or by FAX transmission, and also to the animal control
shelter in the town in which the bite incident occurred.
B. Any ambulance corps or rescue squad responding to an incident that
involves an animal bite shall send a copy of its personal case report
to the County Police Department, to the SPCA and also to the animal
control shelter in the town in which the bite incident occurred.