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ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH OPPOSING THE COUNTYWIDE DOG REGISTRATION REFERENDUM
WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER 8, 1994 BALLOT
WHEREAS, pursuant to a petition signed by one hundred (100) Tarrant
County voters, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court has been
forced to place a referendum on the November 8, 1994, ballot
calling for the local option election of Texas Health and Safety
Code, Chapter 822, Subchapter C, which, if passed, will require
countywide dog registration in Tarrant County; and
WHEREAS, such law provides that registered dogs may roam the
streets freely during daylight hours and may roam the streets
freely during the night if they are muzzled, and Fort Worth's dog
restraint ordinance may no longer be in effect if the referendum
passes; and
WHEREAS, if the referendum passes, Tarrant County will be required
to register all dogs living in Tarrant County, including those
living within Fort Worth, and the dog registration program of Fort
Worth will no longer be in effect, and
WHEREAS, the county registration fee permitted by such law is only
one dollar ($1 00), which may be deposited only to the credit of a
special fund of the county and used only to defray the costs of
administering the registration program and to reimburse the owners
of any sheep, goats, calves, or other domestic animals or fowls
killed in the county by roaming dogs, and
WHEREAS, passage of the referendum will not require Tarrant County
to provide full service animal control to its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Fort Worth's rabies control and stray animal control
programs may face severe cutbacks or dissolution if the referendum
passes because municipal dog registration revenues will no longer
be available to the City for such programs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas
CITY OF FORT WORTH
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