Bill Text: TX HB3729 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3729 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an animal by a person who has been previously convicted of an offense involving animal cruelty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Left pending in committee [HB3729 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3729-Introduced.html



	By: Shaheen	H.B. No. 3729



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an
	animal by a person who has been previously convicted of an offense
	involving animal cruelty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Section 42.107 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.107. POSSESSION OF ANIMAL BY PERSON CONVICTED OF
	ANIMAL CRUELTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
	(1) possesses an animal; and
	(2) has been previously convicted of an offense under:

	(A) Section 42.09, 42.091, 42.092, 42.10, or
	42.105; or
	(B) federal law or a penal law of another state
	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
	of an offense described by Paragraph (A).
	(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.