§ 32-23. Authorized generally; slaughterhouses; reduction plants.

(a)

The county and/or all municipal corporations and/or other local governmental agencies located in the county may consolidate or operate jointly any or all governmental or corporate activities or functions of the county and/or municipal corporations and/or other local governmental agencies located therein which they may now or hereafter be authorized to operate or conduct, which may be conveniently or advantageously consolidated or operated jointly.

(b)

The acquisition, erection and operation of abattoirs or slaughterhouses for the killing, inspection and storage of meats of all kinds and/or reduction plants for the disposal of garbage, refuse, offal and carrion, whether said plants are operated in combination with each other or separately, are expressly declared to be local governmental agencies within the meaning of this article. The county is expressly authorized to contract with any municipal corporation within its limits for the joint construction, acquisition and operation of any abattoir or slaughterhouse for the killing, inspection and storage of meats of all kinds and/or reduction plant for the disposal of garbage, refuse, offal and carrion.

(Code 1992, § 16-26; Priv. Acts 1933, ch. 413, § 1; Priv. Acts 1935, ch. 18, § 1)

Cross reference

Animals, ch. 4.