Bill Amendment: TX SB5 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

Status: 2021-10-25 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 18, 2022 [SB5 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB5-House_Amendment_H_2_1-Bell_Cecil.html

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Amend SB 5 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following appropriately numbered provision and renumber any subsequent provisions accordingly:

(____)  "Healthy and safe" means that the dog was not suffering, or in imminent danger of suffering, serious bodily injury as a result of any restraint.

(2)  On page 3, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following appropriately numbered subsection and renumber any subsequent provisions accordingly:

(____)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that at the time the offense was committed the dog was alive, healthy, and safe.