By Salinas                                            H.B. No. 2090
         77R7161 ATP-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the offense of cruelty to certain animals.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 42.09(c)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
 1-5     read as follows:
 1-6                 (1)  "Animal" means a domesticated living creature, a
 1-7     [and] wild living creature previously captured, or a wild living
 1-8     creature whose capture was accomplished by conduct at issue under
 1-9     this section.  "Animal" does not include an uncaptured wild
1-10     creature [or a wild creature whose capture was accomplished by
1-11     conduct at issue under this section].
1-12           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-13     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-14     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-15     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-16     before the effective date.
1-17           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-18     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-19     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-20           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.