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CABARRUS COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE ARTICLE I Section 1. Establishment and composition of the Animal Control Department~ Animal Tcntrc! Advi=cry ~card; appointment and compensation of department employees. There is hereby created an Animal Control Department WHICH SHALL BE A DIVISION OF THE CABARRUS COUNTY SHERIFFS Department ~_~ ~..._ ...... ..... ~-~= which shall be composed of such employees as shall be determined by the County Commissioners. Such employees shall be appointed BY THE SHERIFF PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 153A-103 and compensated in accordance with the personnel policies of Cabarrus County. APPEALS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE TO THE SHERIFF OF CABARRUS THE SHERIFF OF CABARRUS COUNTY IS, HEREBY, SPECIFICALLY APPOINTED AS THE ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR FOR CABARRUS COUNTY PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 19A-45. Section 2.. General duties of Animal Control Department. The Animal Control Department OF THE CABARRUS COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT Dcpartmcnt shall be charged with the responsibility of: (1) Enforcing, in this county, all state and county laws, ordinances and resolutions relating to the care, custody, and control of animals. (2) Cooperating with the Health Director and assisting in the enforcement of the laws of the state with regard to animals and especially with regard to vaccination of animals against rabies and the confinement or leashing of vicious animals. (3) Investigating cruelty or animal abuse with regard to animals. (4) Making such canvasses of the county, including the homes in the county, as it deems necessary for the purpose of ascertaining that all animals are vaccinated against rabies as required by local ordinance or state statute. (5) Operating, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SHERIFF pursuant to policies of the Board of County Commissioners, the county animal shelter(s). Section 3. Records to be kept by Animal Control Department.