Tex. Health & Safety Code § 821.053 · Subchapter C. EUTHANASIA OF ANIMALS
REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF SODIUM PENTOBARBITAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish the requirements and procedures for administering sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter.
(b) A person may administer sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter only in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by department rule.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1595, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.821.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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