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Council adopts Bill 27-24, shortens animal shelter holding period and revises notice rules
Summary
Bill 27-24 reduces the county impound holding period from five days to three for stray animals, aligns notice practices with existing posting practices, and passed on final reading with unanimous roll-call support.
The Montgomery County Council approved Bill 27-24 on final reading, amending county animal-control impoundment and disposition rules to reduce the required holding period and to clarify notice requirements.
Chair of the Public Safety Committee, Councilmember Katz, said the intent of Bill 27-24 was to address overcrowding at the county animal shelter and shorten the timeline for adoption. The amended bill reduces the local statutorily required hold from five days to three days for stray…
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