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House Bill 2471 |
House Author: Phillips |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Deuell |
House Bill 2471 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to provide that a person who renders or obtains medical care or treatment for a nonlivestock animal that is injured or in distress because of an emergency, abandoned, running at large, or stray is not liable for civil damages for an injury to the animal resulting from an act or omission in rendering treatment if specified conditions are met. The bill also provides that an animal control agency or its employee who takes into custody and cares for a nonlivestock animal that is abandoned, running at large, or stray is not liable for civil damages for an injury to the animal resulting from an act or omission in caring for the animal if certain conditions are met.