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| 1 | + | 85R12746 SCL-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 3517 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3517: | |
| 4 | - | By: Alvarado C.S.H.B. No. 3517 | |
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| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to a petition for a municipal animal control authority to | |
| 10 | - | manage dangerous | |
| 11 | - | ||
| 8 | + | manage dangerous animals in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of | |
| 9 | + | the municipality. | |
| 12 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 822, Health and Safety | |
| 14 | 12 | Code, is amended by adding Section 822.008 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 13 | Sec. 822.008. PETITION FOR MUNICIPAL ANIMAL CONTROL | |
| 16 | - | AUTHORITY TO OPERATE IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) In | |
| 17 | - | this section, "aggressive dog" means a dog that makes an unprovoked | |
| 18 | - | attack on a domestic animal or livestock that: | |
| 19 | - | (1) causes bodily injury to the animal or livestock; | |
| 20 | - | and | |
| 21 | - | (2) occurs in a place other than an enclosure: | |
| 22 | - | (A) in which the dog was being kept; and | |
| 23 | - | (B) that is reasonably secured to prevent the dog | |
| 24 | - | from leaving the enclosure. | |
| 25 | - | (b) A municipal animal control authority may impound and | |
| 26 | - | manage dangerous dogs and aggressive dogs in the extraterritorial | |
| 27 | - | jurisdiction of the municipality if: | |
| 14 | + | AUTHORITY TO OPERATE IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. A municipal | |
| 15 | + | animal control authority may impound and manage dangerous animals, | |
| 16 | + | including dangerous dogs, in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of | |
| 17 | + | the municipality if: | |
| 28 | 18 | (1) the authority receives a petition signed by at | |
| 29 | - | least three residents from three different households in the | |
| 30 | - | extraterritorial jurisdiction requesting assistance from the | |
| 31 | - | authority and alleging that: | |
| 32 | - | (A) dangerous dogs or aggressive dogs have | |
| 33 | - | repeatedly attacked humans, domestic animals, or livestock within | |
| 19 | + | least five residents of the extraterritorial jurisdiction | |
| 20 | + | requesting assistance from the authority and alleging that: | |
| 21 | + | (A) dangerous animals, including dogs or | |
| 22 | + | coyotes, have repeatedly attacked humans, pets, or livestock within | |
| 34 | 23 | the extraterritorial jurisdiction; and | |
| 35 | - | (B) due to the presence of dangerous dogs or | |
| 36 | - | aggressive dogs, the extraterritorial jurisdiction is an unsafe | |
| 37 | - | environment for humans, domestic animals, or livestock; and | |
| 38 | - | (2) in the extraterritorial jurisdiction: | |
| 39 | - | (A) no animal control authority is authorized to | |
| 40 | - | operate; or | |
| 41 | - | (B) the operating animal control authority does | |
| 42 | - | not provide for the impoundment or management of dangerous dogs or | |
| 43 | - | aggressive dogs. | |
| 24 | + | (B) due to the presence of dangerous animals, the | |
| 25 | + | extraterritorial jurisdiction is an unsafe environment for humans, | |
| 26 | + | pets, or livestock; and | |
| 27 | + | (2) another animal control authority is not authorized | |
| 28 | + | to operate within the extraterritorial jurisdiction. | |
| 44 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 45 | 30 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 46 | 31 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 47 | 32 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 48 | 33 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |