Tex. Gov't Code § 614.212 · Subchapter L. RETIREMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ANIMAL
SUITABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY OF ANIMAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a state agency or political subdivision may enter into a contract with a person for the transfer of a law enforcement dog, horse, or other animal that has been determined by the applicable head of a law enforcement agency or that person's designee to be:
(1) suitable for transfer, after consulting with the animal's veterinarian, handlers, and other caretakers; and
(2) surplus to the needs of the state agency or political subdivision because the animal is:
(A) at the end of the animal's working life; or
(B) subject to circumstances that justify making the animal available for transfer before the end of the animal's working life, including:
(i) the death of the animal's handler in the line of duty or as a result of injuries sustained in the line of duty; or
(ii) the medical retirement of the animal's handler as a result of injuries sustained in the line of duty.
(b) The head of a state law enforcement agency may execute a contract under this subchapter on behalf of the state agency.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 36 (S.B. 2100), Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.614.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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