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ORDINANCE NO. 25"_ 7;7
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY FOR OBSERVATION OF ANIMALS IN BITE
CASES TO LOCAL VETERINARY HOSPITALS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
That Chapter 5 , Section 5-30 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont be amended to read as follows:
Section 5-30:
The owner of any animal which has bitten,
scratched or attacked a person, dog or other
animal shall be notified of the incident and
shall cause such animal to be immediately held
under observation at the owner' s expense for a
period not less than ten ( 10) days in the city
animal shelter or a veterinary hospital in this
city operated by a duly licensed veterinarian.
A fee shall be charged for each day of
confinement at the animal shelter when an animal
is under observation in bite cases. This
boarding fee shall be assessed in accordance
with Section 13-16 of the Code of Ordinances.
Refusal or failure to produce said dog or other
animal constitutes a violation of this section
and each day of such refusal or failure shall
constitute a separate individual violation. At
no time shall an animal which is to be confined
be allowed to be quarantined at home. No such
animal shall be released from the ten ( 10) days _
observation requirement unless a licensed
veterinarian certifies that such animal does not
have rabies. Any person who is the keeper or
has custody and control of the animal shall be
deemed the owner for the purposes of this
section. If it is determined by a veterinarian
that an animal shows the clinical signs of the
disease of rabies, the local health authority
shall humanely destroy the animal.
If the animal dies or is destroyed while in
quarantine, the local health authority shall
remove the head or brain of the animal and
submit it to the nearest Texas Department of
Health laboratory for testing . If a
veterinarian determines that a quarantined
animal does not show the clinical signs of
rabies, the local health authority shall release
it to the owner following the quarantine period
if ( 1 ) the owner has an unexpired rabies
vaccination certificate for the animal or ( 2)
the animal is vaccinated against rabies by a
licensed veterinarian at the owner' s expense.
The owner of an animal that is quarantined under
this act shall pay to the local health authority
the reasonable costs of the quarantine and
disposition of the animal as set out herein and
the local health authority may bring suit to
collect those costs. The local health authority
shall destroy an animal that the owner or
custodian does not take possession of on or
before the third day following the final day of
the quarantine.
Section 2 .
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a
particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various
portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 3 .
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 4 .
That any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in
Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the day of 1985.
Mayor -
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