Opinion

Dear Ms. Alcock:

On behalf of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government (hereafter, "TPCG") you have asked this office to answer several questions relative to the authority of animal control officers employed by the Animal Control Division of TPCG to enforce animal-related crimes defined by state law. You have further asked this office to address the validity of a TPCG ordinance which provides a greater penalty than state law relative to the crime of cruelty to animals. To avoid repetition, we have combined those questions which raise similar issues, as follows.

I. Is a TPCG animal control…