§ 7-31. Disposition of fees.

(a)

All fees received from the rabies vaccination and license fees shall be allocated as follows:

(1)

Shelter operations. The animal shelter shall retain the following fees for shelter operations:

a.

Five dollars ($5.00) from each annual vaccination and license fee; and

b.

The five dollar ($5.00) vaccination and license fee paid by registered animal rescue groups.

(2)

Spay/neuter programs. Ten dollars ($10.00) from each altered and fifteen dollars ($15.00) from each unaltered animal's vaccination and license fee, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from each responsible breeder permit and nine hundred dollars ($900.00) from each dealer/dealer breeder permit shall be used by the director of the animal shelter to promulgate and administer a program, the objectives of which shall be, inter alia, to provide a low cost/no cost spay/neuter program for Jefferson Parish and an educational program on responsible pet ownership.

(3)

The Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter will refund one dollar ($1.00) per processed rabies tag back to the veterinarian/veterinary clinic in a joint collaboration of support towards the spay/neuter program.

(b)

All fees received from the adoption of animals, the reclaiming of pets, and permits shall be used by the animal shelter department for its operations. The fee schedule shall be approved annually by the council.

(Code 1961, § 4-12(e); Ord. No. 20257, § 1, 1-14-98; Ord. No. 23784, § 3, 3-24-10; Ord. No. 24029, § 1, 6-15-11)