H.B. No. 1819
AN ACT
relating to liability for injuring a trespassing sheep or goat.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.033, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 143.033. INJURY TO TRESPASSING ANIMAL. If a person
whose fence is insufficient under this subchapter maims, wounds, or
kills a head of cattle or a horse, mule, jack, [or] jennet, sheep,
or goat, or procures the maiming, wounding, or killing of one of
those animals, by any means, including a gun or a dog, the person is
liable to the owner of the animal for damages. This section does
not authorize a person to maim, wound, or kill any horse, mule,
jack, jennet, sheep, goat, or head of cattle of another person.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
143.033, Agriculture Code, applies only to a person who maims,
wounds, kills, or procures the maiming, wounding, or killing of a
sheep or goat on or after the effective date of this Act. A person
who maims, wounds, kills, or procures the maiming, wounding, or
killing of a sheep or goat before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the maiming, wounding,
killing, or procurement occurred, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1819 was passed by the House on April
26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1819 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor