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1 V. LAWS AND REGULATIONS 2 A. COUNTY shall comply with all applicable governmental laws, regulations, and requirements 3 related to Animal Care Services, as they exist now or may be hereafter amended or changed and shall 4 enforce federal and state statutes deemed applicable to CITY by COUNTY. Animal Care Services 5 provided by COUNTY to CITY may be changed to comply with said laws, regulations, and 6 requirements. ADMINISTRATOR will make its best efforts to notify CITY of changes that may impact 7 Animal Care Services provided through this Agreement. g B. Upon mutual agreement between COUNTY and CITY, COUNTY will continue to enforce 9 existing animal care ordinances that COUNTY enforced within CITY jurisdiction during the period 10 July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. If COUNTY did not contract with CITY for animal care services 11 during the period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, COUNTY and CITY shall identify CITY animal 12 care ordinances that can be enforced by COUNTY. 13 C. For each Animal Care Service that COUNTY agrees to provide to CITY in an Animal Care 14 Notice of Intent, CITY shall enact and maintain in full force and effect ordinances identical to COUNTY 15 ordinances which apply to said service, including but not limited to, those related to fees. 16 ADMINISTRATOR shall notify CITY of the deadline for adopting said ordinances. If COUNTY is 17 unable to enforce an animal care ordinance because of the limitations of a CITY ordinance or failure of 1 g CITY to adopt identical ordinances related to an Animal Care Service, COUNTY may suspend 19 provision of one or all Animal Care Services to CITY or may terminate this Agreement. 20 D. At the sole discretion of COUNTY, COUNTY may waive CITY enactment and maintenance of 21 COUNTY animal care ordinances. COUNTY may enforce the provisions of, and issue citations for 22 violations pursuant to, CITY's codified ordinances. 23 E. CITY shall notify COUNTY of its intent to add, amend, or delete any CITY animal care 24 ordinance at least ninety (90) calendar days in advance of its addition, amendment, or deletion. 25 F. CITY may request that specific ordinances adopted by COUNTY not be enforced in CITY. 26 Requests for exclusion must be submitted in writing and received by COUNTY ninety (90) calendar 27 days prior to the requested exclusion. Requests for exclusion will only be considered by COUNTY if 28 they are not in conflict with state statutes and do not endanger public health. COUNTY shall notify 29 CITY, in writing, of COUNTY'S decision regarding the requested exclusion. 30 G. COUNTY's OC Community Resources Director, or designee, may provide assistance to CITY 31 in defining the manner in which enforcement of a new or amended animal care ordinance would be 32 provided by COUNTY. Requests for assistance must be made in writing and received by COUNTY 33 ninety (90) calendar days prior to the requested implementation of the service. If the cost of such service 34 can be delineated and accommodated by COUNTY, COUNTY will send an amended Animal Care 35 Notice of Intent to CITY which will include reference to the CITY ordinance. 36 H. CITY will reimburse COUNTY for ordinance enforcement, as specified in the Payments 37 Paragraph of this Agreement. santa Ana ~~ of 6 EXHIBIT A Z:\ASR\08-001795 OC Animal Care Master Agreement\Ani 1~ter.Doc ACS 1 CRAKKoo