Bill Text: TX HB2116 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to standards of care for dogs and cats; creating an offense.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2116-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Coleman | H.B. No. 2116 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2116: | |||
| By: Marquez | C.S.H.B. No. 2116 | ||
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| relating to standards of care for dogs and cats; creating an | ||
| offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 821, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 821.082 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 821.082. ENCLOSURE OF DOGS AND CATS. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (a) An owner may not place dogs or cats in a primary | ||
| enclosure on top of another primary enclosure without an impervious | ||
| barrier between the enclosures. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 821.079 is applied should an owner | ||
| violate section 821.082. | ||
| SECTION 3. STUDY OF STANDARDS OF CARE FOR DOGS AND CATS. | ||
| The executive commissioner shall conduct a study regarding the | ||
| proper standards for care and confinement for dogs and cats to | ||
| ensure the overall health and welfare of each dog or cat. Not later | ||
| than August 31, 2012, the executive commissioner shall submit a | ||
| report to the chairs of the appropriate legislative committees | ||
| summarizing the findings of the study required by this section. | ||
| This subsection expires September 1, 2013. Rules may be | ||
| adopted from recommendations of the study. A member of a club or an | ||
| affiliate organization of a national kennel club whose mission is | ||
| stated in the charter and bylaws to "advocate the purebred dog as a | ||
| family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to | ||
| protect the rights of all dog owners and promote responsible dog | ||
| ownership" is exempt from rules that may be adopted. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
