Section 117. Spaying and neutering facilities authorized  


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  • 1.   Any
      municipality  may,  by  local  law  or  ordinance,   provide   for   the
      establishment  and  operation  of a facility to provide services for the
      alteration of the reproductive capacity through spaying or neutering  of
      dogs and cats owned by the residents thereof.
        2.  Any animal which is presented at such facility for alteration must
      be accompanied by a notarized authorization signed by the owner  thereof
      consenting to such alteration and agreeing to hold the municipality, its
      agents,   servants  and  employees  harmless  for  any  damages  arising
      therefrom or incidental thereto.
        3. Any municipality enacting a local law or ordinance as authorized by
      this section shall further provide for the regulation of  such  facility
      with  respect to the terms and conditions, including compensation, under
      which any animal will be maintained while  the  animal  remains  in  the
      custody of the facility.
        4.  In  no  event  shall  any  of  the moneys or fees derived from, or
      collected pursuant to, the provisions of this article except as provided
      in paragraph c of subdivision four of section one hundred  ten  of  this
      article  and  section one hundred seventeen-a of this article be used to
      subsidize the spaying or neutering of cats.