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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal regulation of dogs used for search and rescue |
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or law enforcement purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 341, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 341.906 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 341.906. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE DOGS. |
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(a) In this section, "volunteer search and rescue team" means an |
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individual or an organized group of volunteers issued a written |
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document by a law enforcement department that recognizes the |
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individual or group as a person or group that trains dogs to assist |
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in the location of a lost or missing person or for law enforcement |
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purposes. |
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(b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, |
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including a leash law, that restricts the ability of a volunteer |
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search and rescue team to train a service dog for search and rescue |
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or law enforcement purposes. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |