Bill Text: TX SB2006 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an animal by a person who has been previously convicted of an offense involving animal cruelty.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2006 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2006-Introduced.html

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86R7301 SCL-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 2006

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an
animal by a person who has been previously convicted of an offense
involving animal cruelty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Section 42.107 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.107. POSSESSION OF ANIMAL BY PERSON CONVICTED OF
ANIMAL CRUELTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) possesses or exercises control over an animal or
resides in a household in which an animal is present; and
(2) has been previously convicted of an offense under:
(A) Section 42.09, 42.091, 42.092, 42.10, or
42.105; or
(B) federal law or a penal law of another state
containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
of an offense described by Paragraph (A).
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.