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Committee approves House Bill 14-36, removing Bartlett animal control from city charter
Summary
House Bill 14-36, which would remove the animal control program from the City of Bartlett's charter and allow the city to set animal control rules by ordinance subject to local approval, passed the Private Acts Committee unanimously and will move to the State and Local Government Committee.
House Bill 14-36 passed the Private Acts Committee on April 7 by a recorded vote of 10-0 and was advanced to the State and Local Government Committee.
Representative Leatherwood, the bill sponsor, told the committee: "This bill removes the animal control program from the city of Bartlett's charter subject to 2 thirds local approval, allowing the local governing body to dictate changes to their animal control practices by ordinances going forward rather than having do it by charter change."
Committee members asked clarifying and lighthearted questions during discussion; Representative Hemmer asked a rhetorical question about the sponsor's future role in animal control. No legal objections or amendments were offered during the committee's consideration. The clerk recorded 10 ayes and 0 noes, and the bill was reported to the State and Local Government Committee.
The change would shift authority over animal-control practice details from charter-level language to ordinance-level authority, contingent on the local approval described in the bill.
