By Kuempel H.B. No. 1863
77R6393 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the registration fee for dogs required by certain
1-3 counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 822.028, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 822.028. REGISTRATION FEE. (a) An owner of a dog
1-8 registered under this subchapter must pay a registration fee of $1.
1-9 However, the commissioners court of the county may set the fee in
1-10 an amount of more than $1 but not more than $5, and if the court
1-11 sets the amount of the fee the owner must pay that amount.
1-12 (b) Registration is valid for one year from the date of
1-13 registration.
1-14 (c) [(b)] If a dog is moved to another county, the owner may
1-15 present the registration certificate to the county treasurer of the
1-16 county to which the dog is moved and receive without additional
1-17 cost a registration certificate. The new registration certificate
1-18 is valid for one year from the date of registration in the county
1-19 from which the dog was moved.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.