Tex. Health & Safety Code § 821.056 · Subchapter C. EUTHANASIA OF ANIMALS
OFFENSE AND PENALTY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1596, 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
- Text hash
- sha256 195d7d07d03db5c2e4b7db32c6a41db4cd58fa8bd0c8051c19a8c4774e94e2f5
- Composed by
- 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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