212.625 Animal shelter for animals. - Kentucky Statutes

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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
operate an animal shelter for animals in which, except as otherwise provided by law, shall
be impounded all stray, vicious, or diseased animals taken up or collected in the county,
whether in incorporated or unincorporated areas, by any public officer or authority or by
any other person. Each board shall, throughout the county, including all municipalities
within the county, enforce all statutes, ordinances of cities, orders or resolutions of the
fiscal court of the county, and regulations of the board or any other governmental body or
agency authorized to promulgate regulations, relating to the taking up, collection, and
impounding of stray, vicious, or diseased animals. Each board may promulgate and
enforce reasonable and necessary regulations providing for the collection and impounding
of animals and governing the use and operation of animal shelters. Effective: July 13, 2004
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.