(A) The Administrator shall enforce and abide by all sections of the State Animal Control Act and this chapter, including the rules and regulations relating to the Act and this chapter.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Administrator, through education, rabies inoculation, stray control, impoundment quarantine and any other means deemed necessary, to control and prevent the spread of rabies in the county.
(C) The Administrator, Deputy Administrators and animal control wardens shall have the power of police officers for the limited purposes of issuing and serving citations and order for violation of this chapter and the ILCS Ch. 510, Act 5, §§ 1 et seq. Animal control wardens may use tranquilizer guns and equipment.
(1980 Code, § 90.03) (Res. 99-61, adopted 2-18-1999; Res. 06-122, adopted 3-16-2006)