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| 1 | 1 | 82R11325 JRH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Price H.B. No. 1919 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to | |
| 8 | 8 | nonlivestock animals under certain circumstances. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 42.092(d), Penal Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) the actor had a reasonable fear of: | |
| 14 | 14 | (A) bodily injury to the actor or to another | |
| 15 | 15 | person by a dangerous wild animal as defined by Section 822.101, | |
| 16 | 16 | Health and Safety Code; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (B) serious bodily injury to the actor or to | |
| 18 | 18 | another person by a dog as defined by Section 822.041, Health and | |
| 19 | 19 | Safety Code; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the actor was engaged in bona fide experimentation | |
| 21 | 21 | for scientific research. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 23 | 23 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 25 | 25 | governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and | |
| 26 | 26 | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes | |
| 27 | 27 | of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date | |
| 28 | 28 | of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |