1-1 By: Moncrief S.B. No. 1034
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2001; March 5, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;
1-4 March 19, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
1-5 Nays 0; March 19, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the right of certain persons to enter a public facility
1-9 with an assistance animal.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 121.003, Human Resources
1-12 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (i) An assistance animal in training shall not be denied
1-14 admittance to any public facility when accompanied by an approved
1-15 trainer who is an agent of an organization generally recognized by
1-16 agencies involved in the rehabilitation of persons who are disabled
1-17 as reputable and competent to provide training for assistance
1-18 animals, and/or their [blind] handlers.
1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-22 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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