(a) No person may transact business as a pet shop, as defined in this chapter, unless a license for that purpose has been granted by the Secretary to that person. Application for the license shall be made in the manner provided by the Secretary. The license period shall be April 1 to March 31 and the license fee shall be $175.00 for each license period or part thereof.

(b) [Repealed.]  (Added 1971, No. 27, § 5, eff. March 24, 1971; amended 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 1993, No. 51, § 2; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 44; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2003, No. 66, §§ 102a, 102d; 2013, No. 30, § 6; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 29.)