86R11791 EAS-D
 
  By: Ramos H.B. No. 3021
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to informing the public about the availability of
  provisions in protective orders regarding pets and other companion
  animals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 81, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 81.012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.012.  AVAILABILITY OF PROVISIONS UNDER PROTECTIVE
  ORDER. The attorney general and the State Bar of Texas shall
  jointly develop information to provide to the public about the
  provisions that may be included in a protective order, including
  the ability of a court to render a protective order prohibiting a
  party from removing a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal,
  as defined by Section 121.002, Human Resources Code, from the
  possession or actual or constructive care of a person named in the
  order.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.