Maine Statutes
§ 7 §3949 — Animal shelter designation
Municipal clerks, annually, on or before April 1st, shall certify to the commissioner the name and location of the animal shelter with which the municipality has entered into a contract to accept stray animals or have an arrangement for an animal shelter that will accept stray animals. Animal shelters designated by the municipality under this section must comply with commissioner rules.
A municipality may contract with an animal shelter licensed under section 3932-A for other animal control services. A municipality may not contract with a shelter for the performance of the duties of an animal control officer as specified in section 3947 unless an employee of that shelter is the appointed animal control officer for that municipality and the duties of an animal control officer are performed
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Legislative History
PL 1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 468, §25 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 657, §40 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 690, §32 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 177, §2 (AMD).
Nearby Sections
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§ 7 §3901
Animal Welfare Act§ 7 §3902
Purposes; comprehensive program§ 7 §3903
Membership§ 7 §3903-A
Animal Welfare Board; membership§ 7 §3904
Terms of office§ 7 §3905
Administration§ 7 §3906
Powers and duties of the board§ 7 §3906-A
Powers and duties of board§ 7 §3906-B
Powers and duties of commissioner§ 7 §3906-C
Animal Welfare Advisory Council§ 7 §3907
Definitions§ 7 §3908
Governmental function§ 7 §3909
Enforcement§ 7 §3910
Jurisdiction§ 7 §3910-A
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