116 - Spaying and neutering facilities authorized. - New York Statutes

* § 116. Funds expended by municipality for services. No municipality shall be required to expend in any calendar year for dog control officer and pound or shelter services undertaken pursuant to this article, an amount of money greater than it receives during such year pursuant to this article and any local law or ordinance enacted pursuant thereto. * NB Effective until January 1, 2011 * § 116. Spaying and neutering facilities authorized. 1. Any municipality may, by local law or ordinance, provide for the establishment and operation of a facility to provide services for the alteration of the reproductive capacity through spaying or neutering of dogs and cats owned by the residents thereof. 2. Any animal which is presented at such facility for alteration must be accompanied by a notarized authorization signed by the owner thereof consenting to such alteration and agreeing to hold the municipality, its agents, servants and employees harmless for any damages arising therefrom or incidental thereto. 3. Any municipality enacting a local law or ordinance as authorized by this section shall further provide for the regulation of such facility with respect to the terms and conditions, including compensation, under which any animal will be maintained while the animal remains in the custody of the facility. 4. In no event shall any of the moneys or fees derived from, or collected pursuant to, the provisions of this article except as provided in paragraph c of subdivision four of section one hundred ten of this article and section one hundred seventeen-a of this article be used to subsidize the spaying or neutering of cats. * NB Effective January 1, 2011