H.B. No. 1103
AN ACT
relating to conditions of community supervision for persons
convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animal cruelty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) If a judge grants community supervision to a person
convicted of an offense under Section 42.09, 42.091, 42.092, or
42.10, Penal Code, the judge may require the person to attend a
responsible pet owner course sponsored by a municipal animal
shelter, as defined by Section 823.001, Health and Safety Code,
that:
(1) receives federal, state, county, or municipal
funds; and
(2) serves the county in which the court is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the House on April
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 1103 on May 26, 2011, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 1103 on May 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 132,
Nays 12, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays
5; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
1103 on May 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor