By Williams H.B. No. 1511
77R6067 PAM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to county authority to regulate the keeping of certain
1-3 wild animals.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 240.0025(b), Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The order does not apply[:]
1-8 [(1)] inside the limits of a municipality[; or]
1-9 [(2) to an exhibitor licensed under the Animal Welfare
1-10 Act (7 U.S.C. Section 2131 et seq.)].
1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-12 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.