Bill Text: TX SB1855 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a microchip scan of animals in the custody of an animal shelter or releasing agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1855 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1855-Introduced.html
| 86R14950 SRA-D | ||
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 1855 | |
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| relating to a microchip scan of animals in the custody of an animal | ||
| shelter or releasing agency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 823, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 823.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 823.004. MICROCHIP SCAN REQUIRED. As soon as | ||
| practicable after an animal is placed in the custody of an animal | ||
| shelter or a releasing agency as defined by Section 828.001, the | ||
| shelter or agency shall scan the animal to determine whether a | ||
| microchip is implanted in the animal. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
