Tex. Health & Safety Code § 823.008 · Chapter 823. ANIMAL SHELTERS
ENFORCEMENT BY COUNTY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A county may enforce this chapter.
(b) This section does not authorize a county to establish standards for operating an animal shelter.
(c) A county may not enforce this chapter at an animal shelter operated by a municipality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 924 (H.B. 3004), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.823.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 bc6bcb949d88b9b655f653b2fd00f3f4cc8378742bf53176b31438ff6d5db13a
- 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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