Bill Text: TX SB361 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to certain contracts for the transfer of a pet.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB361 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB361-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain contracts for the transfer of a pet.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB361 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB361-Engrossed.html
By: Huffman, Menéndez, West | 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. |