Tex. Health & Safety Code § 828.011 · Chapter 828. DOG AND CAT STERILIZATION
ADOPTION STANDARDS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each releasing agency may set its own standards for potential adopters if those standards are applied in a fair and equal manner.
(b) If the releasing agency is a public facility, the standards must be reasonably related to the prevention of cruelty to animals and the responsible management of dogs and cats in the interest of preserving public health and welfare.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.828.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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