Section 822.0411 - Animal Control Authority in Certain Municipalities(a) This section applies only to an incorporated municipality that has a population of more than 1,000 and that is the county seat of a county with a population of 1,380 or more but less than 1,600. (b) Notwithstanding the definition in Section 822.041(1), for purposes of this subchapter the police department of a municipality described by Subsection (a) is the animal control authority for the municipality in all areas in which a dog is kept and that are subject to the authority of the police department.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.0411
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 644,Sec. 114, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 976,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2017.