| 1 | 1 | | 89R15957 DNC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hayes H.B. No. 5042 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state |
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| 10 | 10 | | health and safety laws on certain municipal and county regulations, |
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| 11 | 11 | | including a law providing that an elephant is a dangerous wild |
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| 12 | 12 | | animal. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 102A.002, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 15 | 15 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 102A.002. LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN REGULATION. Any |
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| 17 | 17 | | person who has sustained an injury in fact, actual or threatened, |
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| 18 | 18 | | from a municipal or county ordinance, order, or rule adopted or |
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| 19 | 19 | | enforced by a municipality or county in violation of any of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | following provisions or a trade association representing the person |
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| 21 | 21 | | has standing to bring and may bring an action against the |
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| 22 | 22 | | municipality or county: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) Section 1.004, Agriculture Code; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) Section 1.109, Business & Commerce Code; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) Section 1.004, Finance Code; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) Section 1.006, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) Section 30.005, Insurance Code; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (6) [(5)] Section 1.005, Labor Code; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (7) [(6)] Section 229.901, Local Government Code; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (8) [(7)] Section 1.003, Natural Resources Code; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (9) [(8)] Section 1.004, Occupations Code; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (10) [(9)] Section 1.004, Property Code. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 1, Health and Safety Code, is amended by |
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| 34 | 34 | | adding Section 1.006 to read as follows: |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 1.006. PREEMPTION. Unless expressly authorized by |
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| 36 | 36 | | another statute, a municipality or county may not adopt, enforce, |
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| 37 | 37 | | or maintain an ordinance, order, or rule regulating conduct in a |
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| 38 | 38 | | field of regulation that is occupied by a provision of this code. An |
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| 39 | 39 | | ordinance, order, or rule that violates this section is void, |
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| 40 | 40 | | unenforceable, and inconsistent with this code. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. Section 822.101(4), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 42 | 42 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) "Dangerous wild animal" means: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) a lion; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) a tiger; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (C) an ocelot; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (D) a cougar; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (E) a leopard; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (F) a cheetah; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (G) a jaguar; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (H) a bobcat; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (I) a lynx; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (J) a serval; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (K) a caracal; |
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| 55 | 55 | | (L) a hyena; |
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| 56 | 56 | | (M) a bear; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (N) a coyote; |
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| 58 | 58 | | (O) a jackal; |
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| 59 | 59 | | (P) a baboon; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (Q) a chimpanzee; |
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| 61 | 61 | | (R) an orangutan; |
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| 62 | 62 | | (S) a gorilla; |
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| 63 | 63 | | (T) an elephant; or |
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| 64 | 64 | | (U) [(T)] any hybrid of an animal listed in this |
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| 65 | 65 | | subdivision. |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 4. Chapter 102A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, |
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| 67 | 67 | | as amended by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that |
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| 68 | 68 | | accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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