Opn. No.

Hon. Dennis V. Tobolski County Attorney, Cattaraugus County

This is in reply to your letter of May 31, 1979 in which you seek this office's opinion as to the validity of a recent amendment to the County Health Code which provides that "dogs six months or over must have a rabies vaccination certificate before they can be licensed". You further state that prior to the enactment of the aforesaid amendment, the designation of Cattaraugus County as a rabies county under section2145 of the Public Health Law was "lifted" by the State Commissioner of Health. This apparently occurred due to the fact…