Bill Text: TX SB2084 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to raise revenue for low cost sterilizations for dogs and cats by imposing a refundable fee for dogs and cats who are not sterilized and are adopted without being sterilized prior to adoption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Local Government [SB2084 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2084-Introduced.html
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 2084 | |
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| relating to the authority of certain counties to raise revenue for | ||
| low cost sterilizations for dogs and cats by imposing a refundable | ||
| fee for dogs and cats who are not sterilized and are adopted without | ||
| being sterilized prior to adoption. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 828, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 828.015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 828.015. FEE FOR DOGS AND CATS WHO ARE ADOPTED IN | ||
| CERTAIN COUNTIES. | ||
| (a) This section applies only to a county with a population | ||
| of more than 75,000: | ||
| (1) A county in which an animal shelter or releasing | ||
| agency is located may assess a refundable fee of not less than $25 | ||
| when a dog or cat is adopted by a new owner and the dog or cat is not | ||
| already sterilized at the time of adoption. | ||
| (b) The county where a dog or cat is adopted by an animal | ||
| shelter or a releasing agency may: | ||
| (1) transfer any revenue from any fees authorized by | ||
| Subsection (b) and not refunded to the adopter to the general | ||
| fund of the county; and | ||
| (2) use the revenue to subsidize sterilizations for | ||
| dogs and cats by: | ||
| (a) contracting with a 501(c)(3) organization that provides | ||
| spay/neuter services; or | ||
| (b) allocating the funds to an animal shelter or releasing | ||
| agency to hire veterinary staff to provide spay/neuter services; or | ||
| (c) contracting with a 501(c)(3) organization that serves | ||
| low income residents in the county to distribute spay/neuter | ||
| vouchers to be used at private veterinary clinics in the county. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
