Bill Text: TX SB361 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain contracts for the transfer of a pet.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB361 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB361-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Huffman, et al. | S.B. No. 361 | |
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| relating to certain contracts for the transfer of a pet. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 99, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 2005 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 2005. CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR TRANSFER OF PETS PROHIBITED | ||
| Sec. 2005.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Livestock" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 1.003, Agriculture Code. | ||
| (2) "Pet" means a domesticated animal, including a cat | ||
| or dog, that is owned by an individual and kept in or near the | ||
| household of the individual for the primary purpose of | ||
| companionship. The term does not include livestock. | ||
| Sec. 2005.002. CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR TRANSFER OF PET | ||
| PROHIBITED. (a) A contract for the transfer of a pet or financing | ||
| for the transfer of a pet may not: | ||
| (1) make ownership of the pet contingent upon the | ||
| buyer making payments after the transfer of possession of the pet to | ||
| the buyer; | ||
| (2) provide for the lease of a pet with the option to | ||
| purchase the pet at the end of the lease term; or | ||
| (3) authorize the use of the pet as collateral that may | ||
| be repossessed by the seller. | ||
| (b) This section does not prohibit the purchase of a pet | ||
| using an unsecured personal loan. | ||
| Sec. 2005.003. CERTAIN CONTRACTS VOID. A contract entered | ||
| into in violation of this chapter is void. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 2005, Business & Commerce Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a contract for the transfer of a pet | ||
| entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract | ||
| for the transfer of a pet entered into before the effective date of | ||
| this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract is | ||
| entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
