Private Acts of 1990 Chapter 223

SECTION 1. Animal control officers of Williamson County are hereby vested with, and shall exercise in addition to their other powers, the power to issue citations pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-7-118, for any violation of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 44-8-401 et seq., or any other state or local statute or ordinance pertaining to the control of animals.

SECTION 2. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of Williamson County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body of Williamson County 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 as provided in Section 2.

Passed: April 11, 1990.