| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to notice of an epizootic infectious disease occurring in |
|
|
an animal shelter. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Chapter 823, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
|
|
by adding Section 823.004 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 823.004. REQUIRED NOTICE OF EPIZOOTIC INFECTIOUS |
|
|
DISEASES. (a) In this section, "epizootic" has the meaning |
|
|
assigned by Section 826.002. |
|
|
(b) An animal shelter shall provide written, electronic, or |
|
|
telephonic notice to each person who adopts an animal from the |
|
|
shelter of any epizootic infectious disease that occurs among the |
|
|
animals in the shelter for the period: |
|
|
(1) beginning on the 15th day before the date the |
|
|
person adopts the animal; and |
|
|
(2) ending on the 15th day after the date the person |
|
|
adopts the animal. |
|
|
(c) Section 823.009 does not apply to this section. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |