Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 221 amends the Health and Safety Code to provide that an owner of a dangerous dog is required to pay any cost or fee assessed by a municipality or county related to the acceptance of the dog, in addition to being responsible for fees assessed for the seizure, impoundment, or destruction of the dog. The act provides that a court, in determining that the dog is dangerous, may order the animal control authority to continue to impound the dog in secure and humane conditions until the court orders the disposition of the dog and the dog is returned to its owner or destroyed. Senate Bill 221 allows the governing body of the municipality or county to set the amount of the fees.