N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 110: License fees

§ 110. License fees. 1. The license fee for dog licenses issued

pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred nine of this article

shall be determined by the municipality issuing the license, provided

that the total fee for an unspayed or unneutered dog shall be at least

five dollars more than the total fee for a spayed or neutered dog. All

revenue derived from such fees shall be the sole property of the

municipality setting the same and shall be used only for controlling

dogs and enforcing this article and any rule, regulation, or local law

or ordinance adopted pursuant thereto, including subsidizing the spaying

or neutering of dogs and any facility as authorized under section one

hundred sixteen of this article used therefor, and subsidizing public

humane education programs in responsible dog ownership.

2. Municipalities may exempt from their licensing fees any guide dog,

hearing dog, service dog, war dog, working search dog, detection dog,

police work dog or therapy dog. Each copy of any license for such dogs

shall be conspicuously marked "Guide Dog", "Hearing Dog", "Service Dog",

"Working Search Dog", "War Dog", "Detection Dog", "Police Work Dog", or

"Therapy Dog", as may be appropriate, by the clerk or authorized dog

control officer.

3. In addition to the fee charged pursuant to subdivision one of this

section, all municipalities issuing dog licenses pursuant to this

article are required to provide for the assessment of an additional

surcharge of at least one dollar for altered dogs and at least three

dollars for unaltered dogs for the purposes of carrying out animal

population control efforts as provided in section one hundred

seventeen-a of this article. Such surcharges shall be submitted by

municipalities to the commissioner.

4. In addition to the fee charged pursuant to subdivision one of this

section, any municipality issuing dog licenses pursuant to this article

is hereby authorized to provide for the assessment of additional

surcharges for the purpose of:

(a) recovering costs associated with enumeration conducted pursuant to

subdivision six of section one hundred thirteen of this article should a

dog be identified as unlicensed during such enumeration. Such additional

fee shall be the property of the licensing municipality and shall be

used to pay the expenses incurred by the municipality in conducting the

enumeration. In the event the additional fees collected exceed the

expenses incurred by the municipality in conducting an enumeration in

any year, such excess fees may be used by the municipality for enforcing

this article and for spaying or neutering animals; and

(b) offsetting costs associated with the provision and replacement of

identification tags pursuant to section one hundred eleven of this

article.