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§ 3.
(1)Any person who is required to obtain or renew a dog license\npursuant to this act but fails to do so may be issued a notice of\nviolation, returnable to the environmental control board or health\ntribunal of the office of administrative trials and hearings of the city\nof New York, and may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than\nseventy-five dollars for the first violation and no more than one\nhundred dollars when such person was found to have violated this section\nwithin the preceding five years. Such notice of violation may be issued\nby any officer or agent of the department of health and mental hygiene\nof such city, or any other agency or entity designated by the\ncommissioner of health and mental hygiene or such city, when such\nofficer or agent observes the dog
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§ 3. (1) Any person who is required to obtain or renew a dog license\npursuant to this act but fails to do so may be issued a notice of\nviolation, returnable to the environmental control board or health\ntribunal of the office of administrative trials and hearings of the city\nof New York, and may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than\nseventy-five dollars for the first violation and no more than one\nhundred dollars when such person was found to have violated this section\nwithin the preceding five years. Such notice of violation may be issued\nby any officer or agent of the department of health and mental hygiene\nof such city, or any other agency or entity designated by the\ncommissioner of health and mental hygiene or such city, when such\nofficer or agent observes the dog for which such license has not been\nobtained or renewed.\n (2) Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, such notice of\nviolation may not be issued to a person when such person is in the\ncourse of obtaining or renewing a license for the dog for which the\nnotice of violation would be issued. It shall be an affirmative defense\nto any such violation that: (i) the person required to obtain or renew a\ndog license duly applied for such license or renewal prior to the date\nof the violation but the department of health and mental hygiene of such\ncity had not issued or renewed such license; or (ii) such person had\npreviously procured a license that was valid for a term that ended not\nmore than thirty days before such notice of violation was issued and\nsuch person duly applied for renewal of such license subsequent to such\nnotice of violation being issued.\n (3) Three quarters of any amount paid as a penalty for a violation\npursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the city comptroller for\ndeposit in the animal population control fund created pursuant to\nsection 17-812 of the administrative code of the city of New York, and\nthe remainder shall be used solely for carrying out the provisions of\nthis act, establishing, maintaining, or funding shelters for lost,\nstrayed, or homeless animals, providing or funding public education\nregarding responsible animal care and dog licensing requirements, and\nconducting other animal care and control activities.\n