Private Acts of 1974 Chapter 267

SECTION 1.  The Quarterly County Court of Hamblen County is hereby authorized to appropriate county funds sufficient for the operation and maintenance of estray pens or animal shelters in Hamblen County.  The Quarterly County Court of Hamblen County shall choose, at its discretion, the humane society which shall receive such funds for use in the operation and maintenance of estray pens or animal shelters in the county for the benefit of the people of Hamblen County.

SECTION 2.  This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Hamblen County within one hundred twenty (120) days of its enactment.  Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the Quarterly County Court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 3.  For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 2.

Passed:  March 28, 1974.