86R12197 TSS-D
By: Romero, Jr. H.B. No. 2517
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transporting dogs in open truck or trailer beds in
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.4146 to read as follows:
Sec. 545.4146. TRANSPORTING DOGS IN OPEN BEDS. (a) This
section applies only to a vehicle being operated or a trailer being
drawn in a county with a population of more than 125,000.
(b) A person may not operate an open-bed pickup truck or an
open flatbed truck or draw an open flatbed trailer described by
Subsection (a) at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour when a dog
is occupying the bed of the truck or trailer unless the dog
occupying the bed of the truck or trailer is secured in a crate,
cage, or other closed container.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.