Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 828.004. STERILIZATION REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by this section, a new owner who signs an agreement under Section 828.002 shall have the adopted animal sterilized on or before the sterilization completion date stated in the agreement. (b) If the sterilization complet…

Sec. 828.0045. NONSURGICAL STERILIZATION. A licensed veterinarian may use nonsurgical methods and technologies as labeled and approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States Department of Agriculture for use by veterinarians to humanely and permane…

Sec. 828.005. CONFIRMATION OF STERILIZATION. (a) Except as provided by Section 828.006 or 828.007, each new owner who signs a sterilization agreement under Section 828.002 shall deliver to the releasing agency from which the animal was adopted a letter signed by the veterinarian …

Sec. 828.006. LETTER CONCERNING ANIMAL'S DEATH. (a) If an adopted animal dies on or before the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002, the new owner shall deliver to the releasing agency a signed letter stating that the animal is dead. (b) The letter must b…

Sec. 828.007. LETTER CONCERNING LOST OR STOLEN ANIMAL. (a) If an adopted animal is lost or stolen before the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002, the new owner shall deliver to the releasing agency a signed letter stating that the animal is lost or stole…

Sec. 828.008. NOTICE OF FAILURE TO RECEIVE LETTER. A releasing agency that does not receive a letter under Section 828.005, 828.006, or 828.007 before the expiration of the seventh day after the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002 shall cause a complaint…

Sec. 828.009. RECLAMATION. (a) A releasing agency that does not receive a letter under Section 828.005, 828.006, or 828.007 after the expiration of the seventh day after the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002 may promptly reclaim the animal from the new…

Sec. 828.010. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A new owner that violates this chapter commits an offense. (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

Sec. 828.011. ADOPTION STANDARDS. (a) Each releasing agency may set its own standards for potential adopters if those standards are applied in a fair and equal manner. (b) If the releasing agency is a public facility, the standards must be reasonably related to the prevention of …

Sec. 828.012. SURGERY AND OTHER VETERINARY SERVICES. (a) Surgery or nonsurgical sterilization performed in accordance with this chapter must be performed by a veterinarian or a full-time student of an accredited college of veterinary medicine as provided by Chapter 801, Occupatio…

Sec. 828.013. EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to: (1) a dog or cat that is claimed from a releasing agency by a person who already owns the animal; (2) a releasing agency located in a municipality that has in effect an ordinance providing standards for dog and cat sterili…

Sec. 828.014. ANIMAL FRIENDLY ACCOUNT; DEDICATION. (a) The animal friendly account is a separate account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of: (1) money deposited to the credit of the account under former Section 502.291, Transportation Code, and under Section …