Tex. Occ. Code § 2026.010 · Subchapter A. REGULATION OF RACETRACK
KENNELS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each greyhound racetrack association shall:
(1) contract for a maximum of 18 kennels; and
(2) provide free kennel rent and schooling.
(b) In contracting with kennel owners for a racetrack, a racetrack association shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the kennels with which the racetrack association contracts are wholly owned by residents of this state.
(c) For purposes of this section, "residents of this state" are individuals who have resided in Texas for the five-year period preceding the date the kennel contract is signed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2026.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 d92592798641dbf5242645d4e4c41540c2ff5ebe7dd4ee5656fcac2ae279f7df
- 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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