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Section 47. Agreement between County and humane society required. An agreement containing, but not limited to, the extent of services rendered or to be rendered by the humane society or animal care center and methods of reporting and accounting shall be entered into between the society or the center and the County before any payments may be made to the society or the center under this chapter. Section 48. Quarterly report required. [The} Anv humane society or animal care center with whom the County has contracted for services, individually, shall render full report of its activities, budget, and operations relating to the impounding of stray !dogs cats and other strav~omesticated animals to the mayor and council within one month after the end of each quarter in each fiscal year. Section 49. Control of pound by humane society or animal care center. Any humane society or animal care center charged with the responsibility of operating a pound under a contract with the County shall have full and complete control over the administration, maintenance and operation of the pound, subject to the powers reserved to the County under any contract. Such society-or center, or its employees, officers, directors and agents, shall not be viewed as an agent or employee of the County due to the County's establishment and maintenance of controls to assure that public funds distributed to the society or center are being spent for public purposes. Section 410. Transfer of facilities and equipment to societies; reversion. (a) The County administration is authorized to transfer facilities, equipment, and supplies, which were assigned to pound operations, to the humane society or animal caze center for use in pound functions in accordance with section 6-3.3(k), Hawaii County Charter. The humane society or animal care center shall not sell, exchange or dispose of the transferred facilities, equipment, and supplies without the written approval of the council. (b) Should any humane society or animal care center cease to operate or use such facilities, equipment and supplies for its intended purpose for a period of sixty days, such facilities, equipment and supplies transfenred by the County for operation of the animal pound shall revert to the ownership and control of the County. (c) Should any humane society or animal care center terminate its contract for services with the County for any reason, voluntarily or involuntarily, any equipment or supplies purchased by the society or center with contract funds shall revert to the ownership and control of the County. Section 411. Indemnification to County. The humane society or animal care center with whom the County has contracted for services shall undertake to indemnify the County, its officers, agents, employees, and successors, from any and all liabilities, losses or damages the County, its officers, agents, employees, and successors may suffer as a result of claims, demands, costs, or judgments against it arising out of the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the pound, or the seizure, impoundment and disposition ot~dogs, cats and small domesticated animals, or any activity arising under the contract or this chapter. fi~ti Article 3. Dog License Fees. Section 412. Fees. (a) The following fees are hereby established as biennial license fees for the privilege of owning, harboring or keeping of dogs in the County: (1) Sterilized dog ....................................................................................[$2=00] 10-b~po (2) Unsterilized dogs ...............................................................................[$6:09} 25 ~ ~ t (b) For purpose of this section a sterilized dog means a spayed female dog and a neutered male dog. (c) All monies received by the director of finance under this article shall be deposited into the spay-neuter special fund pursuant to section 4-36 [ °'~a °"r""'"] -4-