Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 240.002 · Subchapter A. REGULATION OF KEEPING OF WILD ANIMALS
REGULATION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit or regulate the keeping of a wild animal in the county.
(b) The order does not apply inside the limits of a municipality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.240.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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