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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of an animal's exposure or possible exposure in |
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an animal shelter to certain infectious diseases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 823, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 823.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 823.004. REQUIRED NOTICE OF CERTAIN INFECTIOUS |
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DISEASES. (a) An animal shelter shall provide written, |
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electronic, or telephonic notice to a person who adopts an animal |
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from the shelter if the adopted animal was or may have been exposed |
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to a bodily fluid of another animal in the shelter that was |
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diagnosed with bordetella, distemper, kennel cough, leptospirosis, |
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parvovirus, or rabies and the shelter learns of the exposure during |
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the period: |
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(1) beginning on the 15th day before the date the |
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person adopts the animal; and |
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(2) ending on the 15th day after the date the person |
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adopts the animal. |
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(b) Section 823.009 does not apply to this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |