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.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1863 was passed by the House on April
         5, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1863 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor