or negligent conduct of the dog's owner or keeper, attacks a
human being on the dog owner's or keeper's property, the
dog's owner or keeper shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the
second degree.
(2) If a muzzled dog, through the intentional, reckless
or negligent conduct of the dog's owner or keeper,
aggressively attacks and causes severe injury or death of a
human being on the dog owner's or keeper's property, the dog
owner or keeper shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
degree.
(f) Mandatory reporting.--
(1) All known incidents of dog attacks shall be reported
to the county's State dog warden, who shall investigate each
incident and notify the department if a dog has been
determined to be a muzzled dog.
(2) A State dog warden or police officer who has
knowledge of a dog which has attacked a person shall file a
written report summarizing the circumstances of the attack
with the police in the municipality where the owner of the
dog resides or if the attack occurred outside the owner's
municipality of residence, with the police having
jurisdiction in the municipality where the attack occurred.
The report shall be available for public inspection.
Section 505-B. Construction of article.
(a) Enforcement.--This article shall be enforced by all
municipalities, except counties.
(b) Abusive or unlawful conduct of victim.--This article
shall not apply if the injury was sustained by a person who, at
the time, was committing a willful trespass or other tort upon
the premises occupied by the owner or keeper of the dog, or was
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