81R7103 EAH-D
 
  By: Eissler H.B. No. 2732
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of barking dogs by certain counties as a
  nuisance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 343, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 343.0112 to read as follows:
         Sec. 343.0112.  BARKING DOGS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
  (a) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of a
  county with a population of 275,000 or more.
         (b)  It is a public nuisance under Section 343.011 to allow
  the barking of or another noise made by a dog outdoors on premises
  in a neighborhood if a reasonable person would find the noise
  objectionable.
         (c)  In determining whether a noise is objectionable to a
  reasonable person under this section, the following factors may be
  considered:
               (1)  the time of day the noise is produced;
               (2)  the proximity of the production of the noise to
  other premises; and
               (3)  whether the sound is recurrent, intermittent, or
  constant.
         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, 2009.