City of Albuquerque - File #: O-19-81

• File #: O-19-81
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/18/2019
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/4/2019
• Enactment date: 11/18/2019
• Enactment #: O-2019-032
• Title: Amending Chapter 9, Article 2, Of The Revised Ordinances Of Albuquerque To Remove The Requirements For Annual Companion Animal Licenses And Replace Such Licenses With The Companion Pet Microchip Requirement And Registration Of Such Microchips With The Albuquerque Animal Care Center (Gibson, by request)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
11/18/2019	City Clerk	Published
11/12/2019	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
11/8/2019	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
11/4/2019	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/21/2019	City Council	Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass
10/14/2019	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass	Pass
9/18/2019	City Council	Introduced and Referred
9/18/2019	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-19-81 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Diane G. Gibson, by request


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Amending Chapter 9, Article 2, Of The Revised Ordinances Of Albuquerque To Remove The Requirements For Annual Companion Animal Licenses And Replace Such Licenses With The Companion Pet Microchip Requirement And Registration Of Such Microchips With The Albuquerque Animal Care Center (Gibson, by request)
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AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 2, OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF ALBUQUERQUE TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL COMPANION ANIMAL LICENSES AND REPLACE SUCH LICENSES WITH THE COMPANION PET MICROCHIP REQUIREMENT AND REGISTRATION OF SUCH MICROCHIPS WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE ANIMAL CARE CENTER.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. ? 9-2-1-2 is hereby amended as follows:
(C) The Council further finds that the public mind-set toward animals must shift to the more progressive, humane, and compassionate attitude evident in other jurisdictions with stricter animal laws. Several other municipalities have achieved positive animal population management results by aggressively microchipping companion animals, permitting and tracking pet sales and animal breeding, and providing funding for free, low and moderate income spay and neuter programs.
SECTION 2. ? 9-2-1-4 is hereby amended as follows:
PROOF OF OWNERSHIP. Any documentation or evidence which proved to the satisfaction of the Mayor that a Person is the Owner of an Animal, including, but not limited to, a Microchip identification, Veterinarian invoice, official registration, or photographs of the Animal.
SECTION 3. ? 9-2-3-1 is hereby amended as follows:
? 9-2-3-1 REQUIRED ALBUQUERQUE COMPANION PET MICROCHIP
(A) Albuquerque Residents. All residents of Albuquerque who own Companion Animals shall have a microchip implanted and registered with the appropriate microchipping co...