Section 17-327. License required

a. On and after January first, nineteen
  hundred eighty-two no person shall use or offer the use of a horse in  a
  rental  horse  business  unless  such  horse is licensed pursuant to the
  provisions of this subchapter. For purposes of this subchapter  the  use
  of  a  horse  in  a  rental horse business means that a horse is used or
  offered for use by the public for a fee for the  purpose  of  riding  or
  drawing  a  horse  drawn  vehicle or is used in the operation of a horse
  drawn vehicle for hire such as a horse drawn cab.
    b. A license shall be issued for a term of one year from the  date  of
  issuance  thereof  and  shall be renewed prior to the expiration of such
  term.
    c. The annual fee for a license or the renewal of a license  shall  be
  twenty-five dollars.
    d. Application for a license or the renewal of a license shall be made
  to  the  department of health and mental hygiene. Such application shall
  contain the name and address of the owner of the horse and of the  owner
  of  the  rental horse business in which such horse is to be used if such
  person is not the owner of the horse, the age, sex, color, markings  and
  any  other identifying marks such as brands or tattoos of the horse, the
  location of the stable where the horse is  to  be  kept  and  any  other
  information  which  the  commissioner  of  health and mental hygiene may
  require. An application with respect to a horse which  is  used  in  the
  operation  of a "horse drawn cab" as defined in subchapter twenty-one of
  chapter  two  of  title  twenty  of  this   code   shall   include   the
  identification  number  required  to  be  inscribed  on such horses hoof
  pursuant to the rules and regulations  of  the  department  of  consumer
  affairs.  The application shall be accompanied by the license or renewal
  fee.
    e. No license shall be transferable. Upon the transfer of ownership of
  any horse to a new owner, the new owner shall obtain a license for  such
  horse within fifteen days after the date of the transfer of ownership.