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RESOLUTION NO. 94-54
CALLING FOR THE CITIZENS OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TO VOTE "NO" ON THE
COUNTYWIDE DOG REGISTRATION REFERENDUM WHICH AS 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 county
wide 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 street freely during the night if they are muzzled, and municipal dog restraint ordinances 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 the various municipalities of Tarrant County and the dog registration program of
those municipalities 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, rabies control and stray animal control programs will face severe cutbacks or dissolution if the
referendum passes because municipal dog registration revenues will no longer be available to the various cities in
Tarrant County for such programs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of North Richland Hills, Texas, that the citizens
of North Richland Hills are hereby urged to vote "No" on the November 8, 1994, referendum which calls for county
wide registration of dogs in Tarrant County.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 24th day of October, 1994.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO; ;Nu
Rex M~meY for the City