§ 3-64 — Aggression-trained dogs

Sec. 3-64. - Aggression-trained dogs.

(a) Authority of bureau. The bureau shall have the authority to determine whether any individual or business entity is engaged in the aggression training of dogs. If the bureau makes such a determination, the individual or business entity must comply with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. (b) Registration; confinement. Individuals or business entities engaged in the aggression training of dogs or the owner, possessor or harborer of any aggression-trained dog must comply with the following: (1) The individual, business entity, owner, possessor or harborer has a duty to provide registration information as required by the bureau as it pertains to aggression training of any kind of dogs. (2) The individual or business entity has the duty to maintain a current registration of all dogs thus trained, including the current location or address of the dog, and that information shall be provided to the bureau upon the training of any such dogs. (3) The bureau shall have the authority to inspect the premises engaged in aggression training and to observe training methods and the safety of facilities during the operating hours of the aggression-training facility. (4) Aggression-trained dogs must be maintained in adequate confinement by anyone possessing them in any way. The bureau shall have the authority to require all aggression-trained dogs to be confined in a strong fence at least six feet high and, at the discretion of the bureau, topped by an anticlimb enclosure. (c) Unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful for any individual, business entity, owner, possessor or harborer to fail to comply with any of the requirements addressed to him by this section. (d) Imposition of preventive measures. If the bureau determines that a dog has been aggression trained or trained for fighting or aggressive attack, the bureau shall have the authority to impose the same requirements stated in section 3-135. (e) Appeal. If the bureau determines that a dog has been aggression trained, or trained for fighting or aggressive attack, and the owner wishes to appeal that or the preventive measures imposed, the appeal shall be the same as that stated in section 3-134.

(Code 1985, § 3-15.2)