Texas Health And Safety Code Title 10, Chapter 823 - Animal Shelters

• Texas Section 823.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Animal shelter" means a facility that keeps or legally impounds stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals. (2) Repealed by Acts 2015,...
• Texas Section 823.002 - Exemption For Certain Counties, Clinics, And Facilities
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) a county having a population of less than 75,000; (2) a veterinary medicine clinic; or (3) a livestock...
• Texas Section 823.003 - Standards For Animal Shelters; Criminal Penalty
  (a) Each animal shelter operated in this state shall comply with the standards for: (1) housing and sanitation as provided in Chapter 826 for quarantine...
• Texas Section 823.005 - Advisory Committee
  (a) The governing body of a county or municipality in which an animal shelter is located shall appoint an advisory committee to assist in complying...
• Texas Section 823.007 - Injunction
  A court of competent jurisdiction may, on the petition of any person, prohibit by injunction the substantial violation of this chapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 823.008 - Enforcement By County
  (a) A county may enforce this chapter. (b) This section does not authorize a county to establish standards for operating an animal shelter. (c) A...
• Texas Section 823.009 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person may not cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. (b) A person...

Last modified: September 28, 2016