Local ordinances concerning the adoption or placement procedures of any public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group shall be at least as restrictive as this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 747, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999. Operative January 1, 2000, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 747.)