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  89R3617 JDK-F     By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 448       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a notarized affidavit requesting a municipal animal   control authority to seize and impound a dangerous or aggressive   dog in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 822, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 822.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   822.008.     NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT REQUESTING MUNICIPAL   ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY TO OPERATE IN EXTRATERRITORIAL   JURISDICTION. (a) In this section, "aggressive dog" means a dog   that makes an unprovoked attack on a domestic animal or livestock   that:                 (1)     causes bodily injury to the animal or livestock;   and                 (2)  occurs in a place other than an enclosure:                       (A)  in which the dog was being kept; and                       (B)     that is reasonably secured to prevent the dog   from leaving the enclosure.           (b)     A municipal animal control authority in the   municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction may seize and impound   a dangerous or aggressive dog until a court orders its disposition   if:                 (1)     the authority receives a notarized affidavit   signed by at least two residents from different households in the   extraterritorial jurisdiction requesting assistance from the   authority and alleging that:                       (A)     a dangerous or aggressive dog has repeatedly   attacked humans, domestic animals, or livestock within the   extraterritorial jurisdiction; and                       (B)     due to the presence of a dangerous or   aggressive dog, the extraterritorial jurisdiction is an unsafe   environment for humans, domestic animals, or livestock; and                 (2)  in the extraterritorial jurisdiction:                       (A)     no animal control authority is authorized to   operate; or                       (B)     the operating animal control authority does   not provide for the seizure or impoundment of dangerous or   aggressive dogs.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.