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| 1 | 1 | 81R2754 PEP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Huffman S.B. No. 1298 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of an animal control officer to carry a | |
| 8 | 8 | bite prevention stick in the performance of official duties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsection (g) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (g) The provisions of Sections 46.02 and 46.03 prohibiting | |
| 13 | 13 | the possession or carrying of a club do not apply to an animal | |
| 14 | 14 | control officer, as defined by Section 829.001, Health and Safety | |
| 15 | 15 | Code, who possesses or carries an instrument used specifically for | |
| 16 | 16 | deterring the bite of an animal while the officer is in the | |
| 17 | 17 | performance of official duties under the Health and Safety Code or | |
| 18 | 18 | is traveling to or from a place of duty. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |