(a) The Animal Control Officer may give any abandoned dog, as herein defined, to any person whom he/she believes will provide a suitable home for such dog. The new owner of the dog shall pay a total fee for such dog in such amount as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by resolution. The official receipt, therefore, shall show the license fee and a deposit in trust in such amounts as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe by resolution. The Animal Control Officer shall issue an order on any veterinarian in the County that he/she is holding in trust the sum specified by the Board in its resolution, as prepayment on the vaccination of the dog for rabies. The new owner will be directed to present the animal and the order to a veterinarian of his/her choice for the vaccination of the animal. The new owner will be given a list of veterinarians who have agreed to accept the sum deposited in trust as full compensation for the administration of the vaccine. After the vaccine has been administered, the veterinarian shall present the order to the Animal Control Officer together with a copy of the vaccination certificate. The Animal Control Officer shall reimburse the veterinarian the sum deposited in trust for the administration of the vaccine, and shall forthwith issue the license to the new owner.

(b) In the event the dog is not vaccinated as provided and the rabies vaccination certificate has not been returned to the Animal Control Officer within forty-eight (48) hours of the delivery of the dog to the new owner, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, the Animal Control Officer shall reimpound the dog as an unlicensed dog, except that, when the dog is a pup under the age of four (4) months, the Animal Control Officer shall set the date by which the pup shall have been vaccinated and the certificate returned to the Animal Control Officer. The failure of the new owner to have the dog vaccinated as provided shall be a violation of Chapter 2 of this division. (Ord. 1315, § 11, 3/13/1979; Ord. 1710, § 6, 1/7/1986)