Bill Text: TX SB987 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of dangerous wild animals.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB987 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB987-Comm_Sub.html
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 987 | |
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relating to the regulation of dangerous wild animals. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 822.102(a), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
amended by S.B. No. 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This subchapter does not apply to: | ||
(1) a county, municipality, or agency of the state or | ||
an agency of the United States or an agent or official of a county, | ||
municipality, or agency acting in an official capacity; | ||
(2) a research facility, as that term is defined by | ||
Section 2(e), Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2132), and its | ||
subsequent amendments, that is licensed by the secretary of | ||
agriculture of the United States under that Act; | ||
(3) an organization that is an accredited member of | ||
the Association of Zoos and Aquariums; | ||
(4) an injured, infirm, orphaned, or abandoned | ||
dangerous wild animal while being transported for care or | ||
treatment; | ||
(5) an injured, infirm, orphaned, or abandoned | ||
dangerous wild animal while being rehabilitated, treated, or cared | ||
for by a licensed veterinarian, an incorporated humane society or | ||
animal shelter, or a person who holds a rehabilitation permit | ||
issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife Code; | ||
(6) a dangerous wild animal owned by and in the custody | ||
and control of a transient circus company that is not based in this | ||
state if: | ||
(A) the animal is used as an integral part of the | ||
circus performances; and | ||
(B) the animal is kept within this state only | ||
during the time the circus is performing in this state or for a | ||
period not to exceed 30 days while the circus is performing outside | ||
the United States; | ||
(7) a dangerous wild animal while in the temporary | ||
custody or control of a television or motion picture production | ||
company during the filming of a television or motion picture | ||
production in this state; | ||
(8) a dangerous wild animal owned by and in the | ||
possession, custody, or control of a college or university solely | ||
as a mascot for the college or university; | ||
(9) a dangerous wild animal while being transported in | ||
interstate commerce through the state in compliance with the Animal | ||
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2131 et seq.) and its subsequent | ||
amendments and the regulations adopted under that Act; | ||
(10) a nonhuman primate owned by and in the control and | ||
custody of a person whose only business is supplying nonhuman | ||
primates directly and exclusively to biomedical research | ||
facilities and who holds a Class "A" or Class "B" dealer's license | ||
issued by the secretary of agriculture of the United States under | ||
the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2131 et seq.) and its | ||
subsequent amendments; | ||
(11) a dangerous wild animal that is: | ||
(A) owned by or in the possession, control, or | ||
custody of a person who is a participant in a species survival plan | ||
of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for that species; and | ||
(B) an integral part of that species survival | ||
plan; [ |
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(12) in a county west of the Pecos River that has a | ||
population of less than 25,000, a cougar, bobcat, or coyote in the | ||
possession, custody, or control of a person that has trapped the | ||
cougar, bobcat, or coyote as part of a predator or depredation | ||
control activity; and | ||
(13) an organization that is an accredited member of | ||
the Zoological Association of America. | ||
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, 2015. |