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| 1 | 1 | 89R15590 MCF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Flores H.B. No. 4775 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated | |
| 10 | 10 | animal. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 821.022(a), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) If a peace officer or an officer who has responsibility | |
| 15 | 15 | for animal control in a county or municipality has reason to believe | |
| 16 | 16 | that an animal has been or is being cruelly treated, the officer may | |
| 17 | 17 | apply to the following for a warrant to seize the animal: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) a justice court or magistrate in: | |
| 19 | 19 | (A) the county in which the animal is located; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (B) a county adjacent to the county in which the | |
| 21 | 21 | animal is located; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) [to] a municipal court in: | |
| 23 | 23 | (A) the municipality in which the animal is | |
| 24 | 24 | located; or | |
| 25 | 25 | (B) a municipality adjacent to the municipality | |
| 26 | 26 | in which the animal is located [for a warrant to seize the animal]. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |