New Jersey § 4:19-15
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 4:19-15, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4:19-15.
a. The Department of Health shall develop and establish a pilot program to be known as the “Pet Sterilization
Pilot Program.” The pilot program shall operate in any county with significant animal overpopulation
issues that is selected for the program by the Commissioner of Health and agrees to participate in the program. Upon the county's agreement to participate, every shelter, pound, and kennel operating
as a shelter or pound in the county shall participate in the pilot program. b. A shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound in a county participating
in the pilot program established under subsection a. of this section shall require
every cat or dog to be sterilized before releasing it to a person adopting a cat or
dog from the shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound when adoption
is permitted pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1941, c. 151 ( C.4:19-15.16 ), except as provided under section 4 of P.L.2011, c. 142 ( C.4:19-15.31 ). The shelter, pound, or kennel operating as a shelter or pound may charge the person
adopting the animal the cost of sterilization. c. The pilot program shall operate for a period of at least two years. No later than two years after the pilot program is established and becomes operative,
the Commissioner of Health shall submit a written report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c. 164 ( C.52:14-19.1 ), to the Legislature. The report shall contain information on the implementation of the pilot program
and shall include the recommendation of the commissioner on the feasibility of implementing
the pilot program on a Statewide basis.
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