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i a impoundment fee, the sum of$5 per day for the number of days over two days the dog was impounded. (4) Of the moneys so received, the amount of the impoundment fee or kennel fees, if any, shall be paid to the director of finance. (b) Seizure of licensed stray dogs. ! (1) Every officer shall seize and impound any licensed stray dog. (2) The officer shall notify the person to whom the license was issued, at the address given in the license certificate, and shall, upon demand made within forty-eight hours thereafter, release the dog to the person upon payment of an impoundment fee of$10. (3) if no person lawfully entitled to the dog shall, within seven days after the date of giving notice, claim the dog,the dog may be sold or destroyed by the [humane soei ]animal control and protection agency. (4) The owner of any licensed dog impounded and not claimed within forty- eight hours may redeem the dog at any time before the sale or destruction of the dog by paying to the [7,,,.,.,.ae soeiet ,]animal control and protection agency, in addition to the $10 impoundment fee,the sum of$5 per day for the number of days over two days the dog was impounded. (5) All impoundment and kennel fees collected by the [humane see-iety]animal control and protection agency in any given month shall be deposited by the [h,,.,. ane soeie y]animal control and protection agency no later than the fifth day of the following month with the finance director to the credit of the County of Hawaii general fund account." SECTION 7. Chapter 4, article 4, section 4-4-22, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 4-4-22. Seizure of stray dogs by persons other than officers. (a) Every person other than an officer as defined hereinabove who takes into possession any stray dog shall within forty-eight hours notify the [humane seeiety]animal control and protection agency and release the dog to the [hufflafle seeie y animal control and protection agency to be impounded and disposed of according to section 4-4-21. (b) There shall be a penalty of$10 for each violation of this section." SECTION 8. Chapter 4, article 9, section 4-9-2, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 4-9-2. Training; appointment; powers of[humane]animal control officer. (a) Pursuant to section 143-2.5, section 143-7, and section 46-1.5(15), Hawaii Revised Statutes, [a-lane]an animal control officer shall be authorized to issue a complaint and summons or other form of citation as the [pelie-e eh-ief] animal control and protection administrator may deem to be appropriate to enable [ahumane] an animal 7