By: Staples S.B. No. 1086
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2003; March 17, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;
May 21, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 2; May 21, 2003, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to animal impoundment facilities operated by a small
municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 826.051, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The board by rule shall establish minimum standards for
impoundment facilities and for the care of impounded animals.
Standards adopted by the board under this subsection do not apply to
an impoundment facility operated by a municipality the majority of
the territory of which is located in a county with a population of
less than 75,000.
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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