CHAPTER 653

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the amount of dog license taxes. rH 689]

Approved April 1, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-184, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 29-184. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for
any person to own a dog six months old or over in this State unless such
dog is licensed, as required by the provisions of this chapter. Dog licenses
shall run by the calendar year, namely, from January first to December
thirty-first, inclusive, and the license tax, which shall be the only license
tax on dogs in this State, shall be payable at the office of the treasurer and
shall be as follows:

Male.—For a male dog, one dollar.

Unsexed female.—For an unsexed (successfully spayed) female dog,
one dollar.

Female.—For a female dog, three dollars.

Kennel, for twenty dogs.—For a kennel of twenty dogs, fifteen dollars.

Kennel, for fifty dogs.—For a kennel of fifty dogs, twenty-five dollars.

Provided that the governing body of any city or county, which has
assumed responsibility for enforcement of the dog laws under §§ 29-184.2
or 29-184.5, may prescribe by ordinance a single license tax for all dogs
regardless of sex, the amount of which shall not exceed five dollars.

In any county having a population of more than twenty-one thousand
but not more than twenty-one thousand two hundred the governing body
may, at such time as it deems proper, increase such tax, but in no event
shall such tax exceed the following amounts:
Male.—For a male dog, one dollar fifty cents.
Unsexed female.—For an unsexed female dog, one dollar fifty cents.
Female.—For a female dog, four dollars; provided that no ordinance
adopted by a city or county under the provision of this act shall provide
for kennel fees in excess of those provided by State law
be In any such county the license tax on kennels shall be as provided
above.