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House Bill 3004 |
House Author: Coleman |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Jackson, Mike |
House Bill 3004 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize a county to enforce, but not establish, standards for operating an animal shelter and prohibit a county from enforcing such standards at an animal shelter operated by a municipality. The bill prohibits a person from causing, suffering, allowing, or permitting a violation of animal shelter standards or a rule relating to such standards and establishes a civil penalty for a person who violates those standards or related rules. The bill sets the amount of the civil penalty and establishes procedures authorizing the county or municipality in which a violation occurs to institute a civil suit in district court. The bill exempts an animal shelter operated by a municipality from its provisions regarding civil penalties.