Bill Text: TX HB1159 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1159 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1159-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1159 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1159-Introduced.html
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| By: Anderson | H.B. No. 1159 | |
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| relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 392.0555 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 392.0555. PET OWNERSHIP POLICY. A housing authority | ||
| policy permitting tenant ownership of a pet must comply with all | ||
| applicable county or municipal restrictions on dangerous dogs | ||
| imposed under Section 822.047, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
