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