Bill Text: TX HB2347 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to a microchip scan of animals in the custody of an animal shelter or releasing agency, including an animal rescue organization.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2347 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2347-Comm_Sub.html
  86R16642 SRA-D
 
  By: Noble, Anderson, González of El Paso, H.B. No. 2347
      Collier, Buckley, et al.
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2347:
 
  By:  Rosenthal C.S.H.B. No. 2347
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a microchip scan of animals in the custody of an animal
  shelter or releasing agency, including an animal rescue
  organization.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 823, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 823.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 823.004.  MICROCHIP SCAN REQUIRED. As soon as
  practicable after an animal is placed in the custody of an animal
  shelter or a releasing agency as defined by Section 828.001,
  including an animal rescue organization, the shelter, agency, or
  organization shall scan the animal to determine whether a microchip
  is implanted in the animal.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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