Bill Text: TX HB3517 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Calendars Committee [HB3517 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3517-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 3517 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3517: | |||
By: Alvarado | C.S.H.B. No. 3517 |
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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, 2017. |