Section 822.111 - Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner; Caging Requirements and Standards(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish caging requirements and standards for the keeping and confinement of a dangerous wild animal to ensure that the animal is kept in a manner and confined in a primary enclosure that: (1) protects and enhances the public's health and safety;(2) prevents escape by the animal; and(3) provides a safe, healthy, and humane environment for the animal.(b) An owner of a dangerous wild animal shall keep and confine the animal in accordance with the caging requirements and standards established by the executive commissioner.(c) An animal registration agency may approve a deviation from the caging requirements and standards established by the executive commissioner, only if:(1) the animal registration agency has good cause for the deviation; and(2) the deviation: (A) does not compromise the public's health and safety;(B) does not reduce the total area of the primary enclosure below that established by the executive commissioner; and(C) does not otherwise adversely affect the overall welfare of the animal involved.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.111
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1602, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001.