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.