Bill Text: TX HB1521 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to transporting dogs in open truck or trailer beds in certain counties.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1521 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1521-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Ordaz | H.B. No. 1521 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1521: | |||
| By: Perez | C.S.H.B. No. 1521 | ||
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| relating to transporting dogs in open truck or trailer beds in | ||
| certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.4146 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.4146. TRANSPORTING DOGS IN OPEN BEDS. (a) This | ||
| section applies only to a vehicle being operated or a trailer being | ||
| drawn: | ||
| (1) in a county with a population of more than 500,000; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) on a freeway with a speed limit of 60 miles per | ||
| hour or more. | ||
| (b) A person may not operate an open-bed pickup truck or an | ||
| open flatbed truck or draw an open flatbed trailer described by | ||
| Subsection (a) when a dog is occupying the bed of the truck or | ||
| trailer unless: | ||
| (1) the dog occupying the bed of the truck or trailer | ||
| is secured in a crate, cage, or other closed container; and | ||
| (2) the container required by Subdivision (1) is | ||
| securely attached to the walls or bed of the truck or trailer. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
