(a) The permitting authority may revoke any permit if the person holding the permit refuses or fails to comply with this Article, the regulations promulgated by the permitting authority or any law governing the protection and keeping of animals.

(b) Any person whose permit is revoked shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, appropriately dispose all animals owned, kept or harbored and no part of the permit fee shall be refunded.

(c) It shall be a condition of the issuance of any permit or license that the permitting authority shall be permitted to inspect all animals and the premises where animals are kept at any time and shall, if permission for such inspections is refused, revoke the permit of the refusing owner.

(d) If the applicant has withheld or falsified any information on the application, the permitting authority shall refuse to issue a permit.

(e) No person who has been convicted of cruelty to animals shall be issued a permit to operate a commercial animal establishment.

(f) Any person having been denied a license or permit may not reapply for a period of thirty (30) days. Each reapplication shall be accompanied by a Ten Dollar ($10) fee.

SOURCE: Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 22-013:1 (May 7, 1993).