Bill Text: TX HB224 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a petition for a municipal animal control authority to manage dangerous dogs and aggressive dogs in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB224-Introduced.html
| 86R531 DMS-F | ||
| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 224 | |
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| relating to a petition for a municipal animal control authority to | ||
| manage dangerous dogs and aggressive dogs in the extraterritorial | ||
| jurisdiction of the municipality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 822, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 822.008 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 822.008. PETITION FOR MUNICIPAL ANIMAL CONTROL | ||
| AUTHORITY TO OPERATE IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) In | ||
| this section, "aggressive dog" means a dog that makes an unprovoked | ||
| attack on a domestic animal or livestock that: | ||
| (1) causes bodily injury to the animal or livestock; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) occurs in a place other than an enclosure: | ||
| (A) in which the dog was being kept; and | ||
| (B) that is reasonably secured to prevent the dog | ||
| from leaving the enclosure. | ||
| (b) A municipal animal control authority may impound and | ||
| manage dangerous dogs and aggressive dogs in the extraterritorial | ||
| jurisdiction of the municipality if: | ||
| (1) the authority receives a petition signed by at | ||
| least three residents from three different households in the | ||
| extraterritorial jurisdiction requesting assistance from the | ||
| authority and alleging that: | ||
| (A) dangerous dogs or aggressive dogs have | ||
| repeatedly attacked humans, domestic animals, or livestock within | ||
| the extraterritorial jurisdiction; and | ||
| (B) due to the presence of dangerous dogs or | ||
| aggressive dogs, the extraterritorial jurisdiction is an unsafe | ||
| environment for humans, domestic animals, or livestock; and | ||
| (2) in the extraterritorial jurisdiction: | ||
| (A) no animal control authority is authorized to | ||
| operate; or | ||
| (B) the operating animal control authority does | ||
| not provide for the impoundment or management of dangerous dogs or | ||
| aggressive dogs. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2019. | ||
