Bill Text: TX HB1984 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the quarantine of certain animals.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1984 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1984-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Burkett, Laubenberg, Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 1984 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1984: | |||
| By: Alvarado | C.S.H.B. No. 1984 | ||
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| relating to the quarantine of certain animals. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 826.042, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) At the time an owner submits for quarantine an animal | ||
| described by Subsection (b), the veterinarian or local rabies | ||
| control authority, as applicable, shall: | ||
| (1) provide written notification to the animal's owner | ||
| of the date the animal enters quarantine and the date the animal | ||
| will be released from quarantine; | ||
| (2) obtain and retain with the animal's records a | ||
| written statement signed by the animal's owner and a supervisor | ||
| employed by the veterinarian or local rabies control authority | ||
| acknowledging that the information required by Subdivision (1) has | ||
| been provided to the animal's owner; and | ||
| (3) provide the animal's owner a copy of the signed | ||
| written statement obtained under Subdivision (2). | ||
| (g) A veterinarian or local rabies control authority, as | ||
| applicable, shall identify each animal quarantined under this | ||
| section with a placard or other marking on the animal's kennel that | ||
| indicates the animal is quarantined under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 826.043, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the [ |
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| veterinarian or local rabies control authority may sell the animal | ||
| and retain the proceeds or keep, grant, or destroy an animal if the | ||
| owner or custodian does not take possession of the animal before the | ||
| fourth day following the final day of the quarantine period. | ||
| (e) A veterinarian or local rabies control authority may not | ||
| destroy an animal following the final day of the quarantine period | ||
| unless the veterinarian or local rabies control authority has: | ||
| (1) notified the animal's owner of the animal's | ||
| scheduled destruction; and | ||
| (2) provided the animal's owner a reasonable | ||
| opportunity to take possession of the animal after providing the | ||
| notice required by Subdivision (1). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
