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| 1 | 1 | 82R10463 TJB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Taylor of Collin H.B. No. 3486 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to municipal regulation of dogs used for search and rescue | |
| 8 | 8 | or law enforcement purposes. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 341, Local Government | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 341.906 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 341.906. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE DOGS. | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) In this section, "volunteer search and rescue team" means an | |
| 14 | 14 | individual or an organized group of volunteers issued a written | |
| 15 | 15 | document by a law enforcement department that recognizes the | |
| 16 | 16 | individual or group as a person or group that trains dogs to assist | |
| 17 | 17 | in the location of a lost or missing person or for law enforcement | |
| 18 | 18 | purposes. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, | |
| 20 | 20 | including a leash law, that restricts the ability of a volunteer | |
| 21 | 21 | search and rescue team to train a service dog for search and rescue | |
| 22 | 22 | or law enforcement purposes. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |