Virginia Referendum on ordinance requiring dogs to be kept on leash, etc.

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TITLE 3.1. AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND FOOD. CHAPTER 27.4. COMPREHENSIVE ANIMAL LAWS. ARTICLE 4. AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND LICENSING OF DOGS. Referendum on ordinance requiring dogs to be kept on leash, etc.

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Citation: VA ST � 3.1-796.95

Citation: Va. Code Ann. � 3.1-796.95

Summary: This Virginia statute provides that the governing body of any city may adopt regulations or ordinances requiring that dogs to be kept on a leash or otherwise restrained and may request the court to order a referendum as to whether any such ordinance so adopted shall become effective in the city. The results of the referendum shall not be binding upon the governing body of any such city but may be used in ascertaining the sense of the voters.

Statute in Full:

The governing body of any city may adopt regulations or ordinances requiring that dogs within the confines of any such city be kept on a leash or otherwise restrained and may, by resolution directed to the circuit court of such city, request the court to order a referendum as to whether any such ordinance so adopted shall become effective in the city. Such referendum shall be held and conducted, and the results thereof ascertained and certified in accordance with § 24.2-684. The court shall require the governing body to give appropriate notice of the time, place and subject matter of such referendum.

The results of the referendum shall not be binding upon the governing body of any such city but may be used in ascertaining the sense of the voters.

Acts 1984, c. 492, § 29-213.65; Acts 1987, c. 488.

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