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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of an infectious disease occurring in an animal |
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shelter and the quarantine of certain infectious animals at the |
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shelter. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 823.003(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) An animal shelter may not confine healthy animals with |
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sick, injured, or diseased animals. An animal shelter shall |
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quarantine an animal with an infectious disease until the animal is |
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no longer infectious. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 823, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 823.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 823.004. REQUIRED NOTICE OF ANIMALS WITH INFECTIOUS |
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DISEASES. (a) An animal shelter shall provide oral or written |
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notice to a person who leaves an animal with the shelter to receive |
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veterinary care of: |
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(1) any animal at the shelter with an infectious |
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disease at the time the person's animal is brought to or picked up |
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from the shelter; and |
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(2) an animal at the shelter diagnosed with an |
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infectious disease during the time the person's animal is under the |
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care of the shelter. |
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(b) An animal shelter shall provide the notice required |
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under Subsection (a)(2) at the time the shelter learns that an |
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animal has been diagnosed with an infectious disease. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |