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2/ 22 / 96 (c1�30207 _ rioc34:3w ORDINANCE 96- 10 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 302.07 OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CODE. WHEREAS, the additional requirement for a deposit for the vaccination for rabies with the agreement to sterilize and vaccinate raises the cost of animal adoptions and WHEREAS, this increased cost has a chilling effect on adoption, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, that. SECTION 1. AMENDMENT . Paragraph 5 of Section 302.07 is amended as follows: Section 302.07. Impoundment and disposition. 5. Except for any animal undergoing quarantine pursuant to section 302.08, an animal which has not been redeemed within five (5) consecutive days after impoundment, including the day of impoundment and provided the fifth day falls on a day the facility is open for business, shall escheat to the animal control authority. The animal control authority is hereby authorized to dispose of the animal by adoption or destruction through euthanasia as it deems most humane, in its sole discretion. Adoption fees shall be collected at the rate established by the designated impoundment facility, but in any event, no dog or cat shall be released for adoption without first being sterilized and currently vaccinated for rabies or without a written agreement from the adopting party guaranteeing that said animal shall be sterilized and currently vaccinated for rabies within thirty (30) days following adoption, unless the sexual maturity of the animal requires a longer period. An agreement to sterilize and vaccinate for rabies shall be 4¢¢jht¢d / /j6* / d¢&ft / Pft4 obtained from the adopting person by the agency from which the animal is adopted . Sterilization shall be secured by deposit with the agency from which the animal is adopted of a sum to be determined by the agency to be refunded without interest upon presentation of proof that said animal has been Words indicated ast�¢jk/i¢t6Y� are deletions from existing law, words indicated as underlined are additions.