By: Jackson S.B. No. 708
(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2003; March 3, 2003,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 30, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
April 30, 2003, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 708 By: Gallegos
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation of wild animals by counties and certain
other authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 240.002, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The commissioners court of a county may delegate the
authority granted under Subsection (a) to a county health
department or a public health district established under Subchapter
E, Chapter 121, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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