212.625 Animal shelter for animals.

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212.625 Animal shelter for animals. Each city-county board of health created by KRS 212.350 shall establish, maintain, and <br>operate an animal shelter for animals in which, except as otherwise provided by law, shall <br>be impounded all stray, vicious, or diseased animals taken up or collected in the county, <br>whether in incorporated or unincorporated areas, by any public officer or authority or by <br>any other person. Each board shall, throughout the county, including all municipalities <br>within the county, enforce all statutes, ordinances of cities, orders or resolutions of the <br>fiscal court of the county, and regulations of the board or any other governmental body or <br>agency authorized to promulgate regulations, relating to the taking up, collection, and <br>impounding of stray, vicious, or diseased animals. Each board may promulgate and <br>enforce reasonable and necessary regulations providing for the collection and impounding <br>of animals and governing the use and operation of animal shelters. Effective: July 13, 2004 <br>History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 26, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 213, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954.