Discussion and possible action on any and all matters regarding Resolution No. 2278.  A Resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of San Luis, Arizona, adopting fees for dog licenses; Repealing any conflicting provisions, and providing for severability. (Miguel Alvarez, Interim Chief of Police) 

Section 1:
Fees for dog licenses issued under Chapter 6.05 of the City Code shall be as follows:
1 year $15. 2 year $26. 3 year $37 Fixed Pets
1 year $30. 2 year $55. 3 year $75 Pets Not Fixed

A penalty fee of five dollars shall be paid if the license application is made less than one year after the date on which the dog is required to be licensed under this article. If the license application is made one year or later from the date on which the dog is required to be licensed, an additional penalty fee of fifteen dollars shall be paid for each subsequent year up to a maximum of thirty-five dollars. This penalty shall not be assessed against applicants who provide adequate proof that the dog to be licensed has been in their possession in this state less than thirty consecutive days.

All licenses expire as provided by Section 3 below. If a license is issued less than six months prior to November 1, the applicant shall be charged eight dollars for that year for a fixed dog and fifteen dollars for dogs not fixed. For multiyear licenses seven dollars will be deducted from the fee schedule for fixed dogs and fifteen dollars shall be deducted from the fee schedule for dogs not fixed for licenses issued less than six months prior to November 1.
Whenever a dog tag is lost, a duplicate shall be issued upon application by the owner and a replacement fee of eight dollars shall be charged.

Section 2: Multiyear licenses shall only be issued for dogs given multiyear rabies vaccinations and only for the year(s) that the rabies vaccination has been certified to be effective.

Section 3: All licenses must be renewed by November 1 in any calendar year. All licenses need a current rabies vaccination certificate in conformance with the requirements of the City Code and A.R.S. § 11-1010. A multi­year license expires on November 1 of the last year of the rabies vaccination certificate. A license shall expire on the expiration of the rabies vaccination. If the rabies vaccination expires prior to November 1 of the year of expiration of the license, and the license is until that November 1, a new rabies vaccination certificate will cause a no-fee extension of the license until the end of the licensing period.
 
Section 4: A guide dog belonging to a blind person or to any bona fide nonprofit organization which is in the business of breeding, raising, or training dogs that are to be used for guiding the blind shall not be required to pay a license fee.

Section 5: In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this resolution and any other ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy of the City of San Luis, the conflicting provisions are hereby repealed, superseded, and replaced, and the provisions of this resolution shall govern.

Section 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.