Tex. Health & Safety Code § 829.001 · Chapter 829. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TRAINING
DEFINITIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Animal control officer" means a person who:
(A) is employed, appointed, or otherwise engaged primarily to enforce laws relating to animal control; and
(B) is not a peace officer.
(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331 (S.B. 1562), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.829.htm
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- 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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