By Wilson H.B. No. 1389 76R6185 KEL-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of the offense of fighting between a dog 1-3 and a hog. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Section 42.101 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 42.101. FIGHTING BETWEEN DOG AND HOG. (a) A person 1-8 commits an offense if the person knowingly: 1-9 (1) causes a dog to fight with a hog; 1-10 (2) for a pecuniary benefit causes a dog to fight with 1-11 a hog; 1-12 (3) participates in the earnings of or operates a 1-13 facility used for fighting between a dog and a hog; 1-14 (4) uses or permits another to use any real estate, 1-15 building, room, tent, arena, or other property for fighting between 1-16 a dog and a hog; 1-17 (5) owns or trains a dog with the intent that the dog 1-18 be used in an exhibition of fighting between the dog and a hog; or 1-19 (6) attends as a spectator an exhibition of fighting 1-20 between a dog and a hog. 1-21 (b) In this section, "fighting between a dog and a hog" 1-22 means any situation in which a dog attacks or fights with a hog or 1-23 a hog attacks or fights with a dog. 1-24 (c) A conviction under Subsection (a)(2), (3), or (4) may be 2-1 had on the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense. 2-2 (d) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (5) is a Class A 2-3 misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (a)(2), (3), or (4) is a 2-4 state jail felony. An offense under Subsection (a)(6) is a Class C 2-5 misdemeanor. 2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.