O-82-954 - 4/22/1982ORDINANCE NO.
9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, SECTION 3.E.(1)
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO DESIGNATE THE ANIMAL WARDEN
AS THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THE RABIES CONTROL ACT OF 1981.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS
I.
That Chapter 2, Section 3.E.(1), Code of Ordinances,
City of Round Rock is hereby amended to read as follows:
(1) Duties of Animal Warden
The Chief of Police of the City of Round Rock
shall appoint an Animal Warden and such other
assistants as may be required. The Animal
Warden and his assistants shall be under the
supervision and control of the Chief of Police.
It shall be the duty of the Animal Warden and
his assistant to take up and impound all dogs
running at -large and all dogs that do not have
fastened around their necks the required tags,
to keep and properly care for all dogs
impounded, to destroy all dogs that have not
been redeemed or sold, and to perform such
other duties as may be directed by the Chief of
Police under the terms of this Section. The
Animal Warden is hereby designated as the local
health authority for the purposes of Art.
4477-6a, V.A.T.S., (Rabies Control Act of 1981)
and shall be responsible for performing all
duties and responsibilities provided therein.
(Mark through the following alternative that is not appli-
cable)
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirma-
tive vote of all the Council members present, the requirement
for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed
with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this 4.ti
day of
, 1982.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the
of , 1982.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED
the day of 198
ST:
day
on second reading this
024 -me _7nd,
NNE LAND, City Secretary
LY L. Off, M.yor
City of Round Rock, Texas