Legal department urges code changes after state reclassifies several offenses
The Unified Government’s legal team proposed ordinance edits to align local misdemeanors and definitions with recent state law changes, including raising endangering a child under six to a felony; the committee unanimously approved the measure.
The full story
Michael Rankin of the Unified Government legal department told the Public Works and Safety committee the ordinance packages a set of changes meant to mirror recent state criminal statutes. "Endangering a child under the age of six is now a felony," Rankin said, and the proposed ordinance updates the local misdemeanor code and definitions to match that revision.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
Keep reading for free
Create a free account to finish this story and see the video, transcript and key details.
Continue with GoogleContinue with emailAlready have an account? Log in