85R12746 SCL-F
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 3517
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a petition for a municipal animal control authority to
manage dangerous animals in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
the municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 822, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 822.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 822.008. PETITION FOR MUNICIPAL ANIMAL CONTROL
AUTHORITY TO OPERATE IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. A municipal
animal control authority may impound and manage dangerous animals,
including dangerous dogs, in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
the municipality if:
(1) the authority receives a petition signed by at
least five residents of the extraterritorial jurisdiction
requesting assistance from the authority and alleging that:
(A) dangerous animals, including dogs or
coyotes, have repeatedly attacked humans, pets, or livestock within
the extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
(B) due to the presence of dangerous animals, the
extraterritorial jurisdiction is an unsafe environment for humans,
pets, or livestock; and
(2) another animal control authority is not authorized
to operate within the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.