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The general manager shall have those powers and duties set forth in Charter Section 509.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Charter, Sec. 78.
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
The Department of Animal Services shall have the power and duty:
(1) To enforce all ordinances of the City of Los Angeles and the penal laws of the State relating to the care, treatment or impounding of dumb animals or for the prevention of cruelty to the same.
(2) To provide and maintain a public pound wherein animals may be impounded.
(3) To enforce the ordinances of the City requiring the payment of money for licenses for animals within the City.
(4) To receive, investigate and report to other city departments concerning complaints of disturbing or offensive noise or conduct of animals or fowl kept or maintained in the City.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Charter, Sec. 155.
Amended by: Subsec. (4) added, Ord. No. 142,163, Eff. 8-13-71; “Department of Animal Regulation” renamed “Department of Animal Services,” Ord. No. 174,661, Eff. 8-9-02.
Section
22.10.1 Establishment of the Animal Control Officer Corps.
22.10.2 Qualifications for Membership in Corps.
22.10.3 General Manager to Have Authority and Control over Corps.
22.10.4 Duties of Members.
22.10.5 Uniform and Equipment.
22.10.6 False Impersonation.
22.10.7 Worker’s Compensation Benefits.
22.10.8 Recognition of Outstanding Service.
An Animal Control Officer Reserve Corps (hereinafter referred to as “The Corps”) is hereby created and established as an organization which shall be composed of persons who shall have been appointed and sworn in as members thereof (sometimes hereinafter referred to in the singular as “member” or in the plural as “members”) by the General Manager of the Department of Animal Services or by a Deputy designated by the General Manager for such purpose. The number of members of the Corps may be increased by a number not to exceed 150 during any fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year 1982-1983. Members shall be volunteer workers only and shall not be or be deemed to be employees of the City or of the Department of Animal Services for any purpose other than for the purposes of Section 22.10.7 of this article and shall serve gratuitously as such for at least eighteen hours each calendar month.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 156,965, Eff. 9-9-82.
Amended by: “Department of Animal Regulation” renamed “Department of Animal Services,” Ord. No. 174,661, Eff. 8-9-02.
The General manager with the assistance of the Personnel Department, shall establish the requirements to be met by persons to qualify to become members of the Corps. Such requirements shall include but need not be limited to physical, mental, aptitude, personality inventory and character standards and the mandatory training of such persons, for a minimum of 280 hours, in all fields, of animal control and activity in accordance with standards established by the General Manager. It shall be the duty of the General Manager to provide such training for such persons and also any further training for members which the General Manager may deem to be necessary or desirable.
The Medical Services Division of the Personnel Department shall determine the physical fitness of persons to become members and of members to continue as such.
Whenever all of the requirements to qualify to become a member have been met by any person and that person has certified in writing that the provisions of this article have been read, that person may be appointed as a member by the General Manager for such purpose. However, the General Manager or any such designated Deputy, with or without cause therefor, need not appoint any particular person as a member.
The General Manager, with or without cause therefor, may terminate any member at any time and any member may resign as such at any time by written notice thereof to the General Manager. Any member who shall cease to be such shall surrender, at the time the member shall cease to be such, all property of the City which shall have been issued to the member pursuant to the provisions of this article or otherwise.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 156,965, Eff. 9-9-82.
Amended by: Third Para., Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
The General Manager, subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this article, shall have complete authority and control over the Corps and its members and may delegate the exercise thereof, in whole or in part, to any subordinates. The General Manager or any of the General Manager’s subordinates so designated may establish, by order which may be changed from time to time, rules and regulations governing the Corps and its members, providing for the maintenance of discipline and the assigning of each member to perform animal control duties in a vehicle with a member of the Department (hereinafter referred to as a “regular Animal Control Officer”), in animal care and control assignments.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 156,965, Eff. 9-9-82.
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