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Amend CSHB 489 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike page 2, line 24 through page 3, line 6 and substitute the following:
(1) "Assistance animal" means:
(A) an animal that is specially trained or equipped to help a person with a disability and that [:
[(A)] is used by a person with a disability; or [who has satisfactorily completed a specific course of training in the use of the animal; and]
(B) a service dog that is trained or being trained by a person with a certification issued by the National Association for Search and Rescue or another state or nationally recognized search and rescue agency to be a search and rescue dog that assists a law enforcement agency, fire department, or state or nationally recognized search and rescue agency in search and rescue activities [has been trained by an organization generally recognized by agencies involved in the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities as reputable and competent to provide animals with training of this type].
(2) On page 5, line 5, between "training" and "shall" insert "or use".