Sec. 8. 7 MRSA §3942, first ¶, as amended by PL 1991, c. 779, §34, is further amended to read:

Municipal clerks shall issue dog licenses in accordance with chapter 721, receive the license fees and pay to the department all fees received $6.50 for dogs capable of producing young and $2 $1 from each license fee received for dogs incapable of producing young. The clerks shall keep a record of all licenses issued by them, with the names of the owners or keepers of dogs licensed and the sex, registered numbers and description of all dogs except those covered by a kennel license. The clerks shall make a monthly report to the department on a department-approved form of all dog licenses issued and fees received.

Sec. 9. 7 MRSA c. 727, is amended by repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place:

CHAPTER 727

DANGEROUS ANIMALS

Sec. 10. 7 MRSA §3952, as amended by PL 1997, c. 690, §§35 and 36, is further amended by amending the headnote to read:

§3952.__Harboring dangerous dogs

Sec. 11. 7 MRSA §3952, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 690, §35, is further amended to read:

1. Procedure. Any person who is assaulted by a dog without provocation or any person witnessing an unprovoked assault against a person or domesticated animal, within 10 days of the assault, may make written complaint to the sheriff, local law enforcement officer or animal control officer that the dog is dangerous or vicious.

The sheriff, local law enforcement officer or animal control officer may file the complaint in District Court or Superior Court issue a civil violation summons to the owner or keeper of the dog for harboring a dangerous animal.

If, upon hearing, the court is satisfied that an assault on a person or a domesticated animal has taken place, the court shall:

A. Order the dog muzzled, restrained or confined to the premises of its owner or keeper; or