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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to liability for injuring a trespassing sheep or goat. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 143.033, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 143.033. INJURY TO TRESPASSING ANIMAL. If a person |
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whose fence is insufficient under this subchapter maims, wounds, or |
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kills a head of cattle or a horse, mule, jack, [or] jennet, sheep, |
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or goat, or procures the maiming, wounding, or killing of one of |
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those animals, by any means, including a gun or a dog, the person is |
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liable to the owner of the animal for damages. This section does |
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not authorize a person to maim, wound, or kill any horse, mule, |
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jack, jennet, sheep, goat, or head of cattle of another person. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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143.033, Agriculture Code, applies only to a person who maims, |
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wounds, kills, or procures the maiming, wounding, or killing of a |
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sheep or goat on or after the effective date of this Act. A person |
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who maims, wounds, kills, or procures the maiming, wounding, or |
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killing of a sheep or goat before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the maiming, wounding, |
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killing, or procurement occurred, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |