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direct costs of spay/neuter surgeries for cats and dogs mad~ available to low-income persons. "~ 19A-52. Spay/Neuter Account established. (a) Creation. -- The Spay/Neuter Account is established as a nonreverting special revenue account in the Department of Health and Human Services. The Account consists of the following: (1) Fifty cents (50¢) of the fee imposed by G.S. 130A-190(c) on the costs of obtaining rabie~ vaccination tags from the Department of Health and Human Services. {2} Ten dollars {$10.00} of the additional fee imposed by G.S. 20-79.7 for an Animal Lover~ special license plate. (3) Any other funds available from appropriations by the General Assembly or from contributions and grants from public or private sources. (b} Use. -- The revenue in the Account shall be used by the Department of Health and Human Services as follows: (1) Twenty percent (20%) shall be used to develop and implement the statewide education program component of the Spay/Neuter Program established in G.S. 19A- (2) UD to twenty percent (20%} of the money in the Account may be used to defray the costs of administering the Spay/Neuter Program established in =his Article. In the first year the fund is operational, the Department shall use lapsed salary dollars within the Department to fund a position to administer the Spay/Neuter Program. In subsequent years, lapsed salary monies shall be used to supplement funding of the administration of the program if revenue from the Spay/Neuter Account is insufficient. (3} Funds remaining after deductions for the education program and administrative expenses shall be distributed quarterly to eligible counties and cities seeking reimbursement for reduced-cost spay/neuter surgeries performed during the previous year. "§ 19A-53. Eligibility for distributions from Spay/Neuter Account. (a) A county Or city is eligible for reimbursement from the Spay/Neuter Account if it meets both' of the following conditions: - (1) The county or city levies an animal tax on dogs and cats under either G.S. 153A-153 or G.S. 160A- 212, and the amount of the tax levied on a dog or cat that has not been spayed or neutered is at least three times higher than the amount of the tax levied on a dog or cat that has been spayed or neutered. A county or city may exempt from the higher tax rate a person who owns five or more dogs or five or more cats and has registered with the county or city as a dog breeder or a cat breeder. Registration shall be on forms provided by the county or city and accompanied by a registration fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00}. Any tax owed by a registered dog breeder or registered cat breeder pursuant to G.S. 153A-153 or G.S. 160A-212 during the 12-month period following registration shall be calculated as if the dogs or cats owned by the registrant were spayed or neutered. (2) The county or city offers one or more of the following programs to low-income persons on a year- round basis for the purpose of reducing the cost of spaying and neutering procedures for dogs and cats: A spay/neuter clinic operated by the county or city. b__~. A spay/neuter clinic operated by a private organization under contract or other arrangement with the county or city.