Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 2706
       
       
       
       By Senator Rich
       
       
       
       
       34-01357A-09                                          20092706__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to animal control or cruelty
    3         ordinances; amending s. 828.27, F.S.; requiring a
    4         county or municipality enacting an ordinance relating
    5         to animal control or cruelty to impose a surcharge on
    6         the civil penalty for violations of the ordinance;
    7         specifying use of the proceeds of the surcharge;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
   13  828.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         828.27 Local animal control or cruelty ordinances;
   15  penalty.—
   16         (4)
   17         (b) The governing body of a county or municipality enacting
   18  an ordinance relating to animal control or cruelty shall may
   19  impose and collect a surcharge of up to $5 upon each civil
   20  penalty imposed for each violation of the an ordinance relating
   21  to animal control or cruelty. The proceeds from such surcharges
   22  shall be used to pay the costs of training for animal control
   23  officers, to subsidize the costs of the spaying or neutering of
   24  dogs and cats whose owners voluntarily submit their animals for
   25  sterilization, and to pay other costs of administering the
   26  ordinance.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.