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