H.B. No. 1103
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to conditions of community supervision for persons
  convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animal cruelty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
         (m)  If a judge grants community supervision to a person
  convicted of an offense under Section 42.09, 42.091, 42.092, or
  42.10, Penal Code, the judge may require the person to attend a
  responsible pet owner course sponsored by a municipal animal
  shelter, as defined by Section 823.001, Health and Safety Code,
  that:
               (1)  receives federal, state, county, or municipal
  funds; and
               (2)  serves the county in which the court is located.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the House on April
  26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 1103 on May 26, 2011, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 1103 on May 29, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 132,
  Nays 12, 1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1103 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays
  5; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  1103 on May 29, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays
  4.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor