Bill Text: TX SB349 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-10 - Effective immediately [SB349 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB349-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 349 | ||
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| relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 392.0555 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 392.0555. PET OWNERSHIP POLICY. A housing authority | ||
| policy permitting tenant ownership of a pet must comply with all | ||
| applicable county or municipal restrictions on dangerous dogs | ||
| imposed under Section 822.047, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 349 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 349 passed the House on | ||
| April 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
