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House Bill 2063 |
House Author: Talarico et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
Senate Sponsor: Schwertner et al. |
House Bill 2063 amends the Health and Safety Code to require a kennel owner or operator that boards or provides services to a dog or cat at a kennel that boards more than three dogs or cats at any time to obtain informed consent from an owner of the dog or cat before leaving the animal unattended without an employee present. The bill expressly does not apply to an animal shelter that keeps or legally impounds stray homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals or to a kennel that boards not more than three dogs or cats at any time. The bill provides a civil penalty for violation of its provisions.