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I received this in an email - at first it looks like it applies only to shelters releasing animals - but the lower paragraphs can apply to ALL of us. IS THIS REAL?
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By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1845


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sterilization of dogs and cats; providing a
penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 828, Health and Safety
Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 828. DOG AND CAT ADOPTION AND STERILIZATION
SECTION 2. Section 828.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 828.002. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION. (a) Except as
provided by Subsections (b) and (c) [Section 828.013], a releasing
agency may not release a dog or cat for adoption unless the animal
has been sterilized [or the release is made to a new owner who signs
an agreement to have the animal sterilized].
(b) This section does not apply to an animal:
(1) that is less than six months old;
(2) for which a veterinarian has certified that the
animal should not be sterilized for health reasons; or
(3) that is a service animal.
(c) This section does not apply to an animal that is claimed
from a releasing agency by a person who already owns the animal if:
(1) the animal is exempt under Subsection (b);
(2) the animal is a purebred animal displayed at a
competitive exhibition to determine how well it physically conforms
to an established breed standard; or
(3) the owner holds a permit for the animal issued
under Section 830.003.
SECTION 3. Section 828.0035, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 828.0035. STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall:
(1) develop information sheets regarding surgical or
nonsurgical sterilization to be distributed by a releasing agency
to a new owner; and
(2) adopt rules requiring a dog or cat [an animal] that
has been sterilized [under this chapter] to receive an
identification marker in a manner authorized by the board.
SECTION 4. Section 828.012(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Surgery or nonsurgical sterilization of a dog or cat
[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, Occupations Code.
SECTION 5. Title 10, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 830 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 830. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY OF DOG OR CAT OWNER TO
STERILIZE
Sec. 830.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Sterilization" means the surgical removal of the
reproductive organs of a dog or cat or the use of nonsurgical
methods and technologies approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration or the United States Department of Agriculture
to permanently render the animal unable to reproduce.
(2) "Veterinarian" means a person licensed to practice
veterinary medicine by the State Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiners.
Sec. 830.002. STERILIZATION REQUIRED. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), a person who owns a dog or cat shall
have the animal sterilized.
(b) This section does not apply to an animal:
(1) that is less than six months old;
(2) for which a veterinarian has certified that the
animal should not be sterilized for health reasons;
(3) that is a service animal;
(4) that is a purebred animal displayed at a
competitive exhibition to determine how well it physically conforms
to an established breed standard; or
(5) for which the owner holds a permit issued under
Section 830.003.
Sec. 830.003. INTACT ANIMAL PERMIT. (a) A person must hold
an intact animal permit issued by the appropriate local animal
control authority for each dog or cat the person keeps unsterilized
for breeding purposes.
(b) An animal control authority shall charge a fee for the
issuance of a permit under this section in the amount of $300.
Sec. 830.004. CRIMINAL PENALTY. A person who violates
Section 830.002 commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each animal that a
person owns in violation of that section is a separate offense.
SECTION 6. Sections 828.003, 828.004, 828.005, 828.006,
828.007, 828.008, 828.009, 828.010, 828.013, and 828.015, Health
and Safety Code, are repealed.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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It sounds like they are talking about dogs and cats you get from an animal shelter.
They are alwayse spayed or neutered.

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b) This section does not apply to an animal:
(1) that is less than six months old;
(2) for which a veterinarian has certified that the
animal should not be sterilized for health reasons; or
(3) that is a service animal.
(c) This section does not apply to an animal that is claimed
from a releasing agency by a person who already owns the animal if:
(1) the animal is exempt under Subsection (b);
(2) the animal is a purebred animal displayed at a
competitive exhibition to determine how well it physically conforms
to an established breed standard; or
(3) the owner holds a permit for the animal issued
under Section 830.003.

Sec. 830.003. INTACT ANIMAL PERMIT. (a) A person must hold
an intact animal permit issued by the appropriate local animal
control authority for each dog or cat the person keeps unsterilized
for breeding purposes.
(b) An animal control authority shall charge a fee for the
issuance of a permit under this section in the amount of $300.
Sec. 830.004. CRIMINAL PENALTY. A person who violates
Section 830.002 commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each animal that a
person owns in violation of that section is a separate offense.


Sound like to me that it applies to all dog not covered by a $300.00 permit.

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I checked the Texas State Legislature site. This bill was introduced on 03/11. It has ONLY been introduced. It hasn't even been heard in committee. There is still time to get to your legislators and register your complaints.

Read it carefully, guys. It exempts dogs that are being shown in conformation but says absolutely NOTHING about exempting dogs that are in hunting competitions, field trials, obedience, weight pulling or any other kind of performance event.

Richard, if it only applied to shelter animals, why would they include those specific exemptions? I agree with Larry and Skyblu. This is meant to get all dogs unless you pay for a $300 permit.

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Hunting dogs will be required to be sterilized, etc. etc.
This applies to more than "shelter" animals!

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Originally posted by skyblu
Hunting dogs will be required to be sterilized, etc. etc.
This applies to more than "shelter" animals!

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Originally posted by Richard Nethery
Dang thats rough, if the hunting dogs were required to be sterilized, where would we get them? that would hurt the breeds that have taken so many years to perfect. Im against that!!

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The HSUS goal is to eliminate HOUNDS and ALL HUNTING - this just slips in another way to accomplish this by eventually creating ZERO breeding & ZERO pet population!

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Originally posted by skyblu
The HSUS goal is to eliminate HOUNDS and ALL HUNTING - this just slips in another way to accomplish this by eventually creating ZERO breeding & ZERO pet population!

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Contact the following regarding Texas SB1845
Clerk Revlynn Lawson
EXT E2.130
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
Phone: (512) 463-0760

Rep. Garnet Coleman (chair)
http://www.house.state.tx.us/member...147/coleman.php
Capitol Office: CAP GW.17
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0524 FAX: (512) 463-1260
District Address: 5445 Alameda, Suite 501
Houston, TX 77004
District Phone: (713) 520-5355

Rep. Geanie Morrison (Vice Chair)
http://www.house.state.tx.us/member...30/morrison.php
Capitol Office: CAP GN.11
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0456 FAX: (512) 476-3933
District Address: 1501 East Mockingbird,, Suite 101
Victoria, TX 77903
District Phone: (361) 572-0196

Rep. Leo Berman
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist6/welcome.htm
Capitol Office: EXT E2.908
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0584 FAX (512) 463-3217
District Address: P.O. Box 6028
Tyler, TX 75711
District Phone: (903) 939-2400

Rep. Valinda Bolton
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist47/bolton.php
Capitol Office: EXT E2.716
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0652 FAX (512) 463-0565
District Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78701
District Phone: (512) 463-0652

Rep. Joaquin Castro
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist125/castro.php
Capitol Office: EXT E1.302
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0669 FAX (512) 463-5074
District Address: 6502 Bandera, Suite 106
San Antonio, TX 78238
District Phone: (210) 684-6896

Rep. John E. Davis
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist129/davis.php
Capitol Office: CAP 4S.4
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0734 FAX (512) 479-6955
District Address: 1350 NASA Parkway,, Suite 212
Houston, TX 77058
District Phone: (281) 333-1350

Rep. Marisa Marquez
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist77/marquez.php
Capitol Office: EXT E2. 704
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0638 FAX (512) 463-8908
District Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
District Phone:

Rep. Ralph Sheffield
http://www.house.state.tx.us/member...5/sheffield.php
Capitol Office: EXT E1.422
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0630 FAX (512)322-9054
District Address: 3000 S. 31st Street, Suite 505
Temple, TX 76502
District Phone: (254) 774-9888

Rep. Wayne Smith
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist128/smith.php
Capitol Office: EXT E2.214
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0733 FAX (512) 463-1323
District Address: 909 Decker Drive,, Suite 104
Baytown, TX 77520
District Phone: (832) 556-2002

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Representatives Email 512- PHONE/ FAX
Todd Hunter (Chair) todd.hunter@house.state.tx.us[/email] 512 463-0672/ 463-2101
Bryan Hughes (Vice-Chair) bryan.hughes@house.state.tx.us 512
463-0271/463-1515
Roberto Alonzo roberto.alonzo@house.state.tx.us[/email] 512 463-0408/463-1817
Dan Branch dan.branch@house.state.tx.us 512 463-0367/322-9935
Will Hartnett will.hartnett@house.state.tx.us 512 463-0576/463-7827
Jim Jackson jim.jackson@house.state.tx.us 512 463-0468/463-1044
David Leibowitz david.leibowitz@house.state.tx.us 512 463-0269/320-0555
Tryon Lewis [email]tryon.lewis@house.state.tx.us 512 463-0546/463-8067
Jerry Madden jerry.madden@house.state.tx.us 512 463-0544/463-9974
Armando "Mando"Martinez mando.martinez@house.state.tx.us 512
463-0530/463-0849
Beverly Woolley [email]beverly.woolley@house.state.tx.us 512 463-0696/463-9333

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Texas U.S. Senators
U.S. Senators represent the entire state. Texas' current U.S. Senators are Senator John Cornyn and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. See their websites for current contact information.
Texas U.S. Representative
Congressional District 1--Congressman Louie Gohmert
District Address: 510 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3035
Texas State Senator
Senate District 3--Senator Robert Nichols
Capitol Office: EXT E1.708
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0103
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 12068, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
District Address: 329 Neches Street
Jacksonville TX 75766
Phone: (903) 589-3003
State District Offices

Texas State Representative
House District 9--Representative Wayne Christian
Capitol Office: CAP GN.12
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0556
Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
District Address: 204 Houston
Center TX 75935
Phone: (936) 598-9966
Texas State Board of Education Member
SBOE District 8--Mrs. Barbara Cargill
District Address: 61 W. WEDGEMERE CIRCLE
THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Phone: (281) 465-8095

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Wow,
Thanks, I will get started, you are very well informed, and I feel that our Coonhound Fraternity is lucky to have you on our side.
Thanks for the Contact info.

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I had already sent emails to legislators regarding SB1845. But I included it in my message just to broaden the outlook of Whitmire, Seliger & Committee on Criminal Justice.

Please oppose SB1845, an unfair spay/neuter bill with additional unrealistic requirements. It would unfairly penalize pet owners and effectively eliminates hunting, livestock and performance dogs in Texas.
Please oppose HB 1147 and SB 554. (Possession of alleged dog fighting equipment). Anyone who owns dogs could be prosecuted and dogs seized for having one or more of the following; harness, treadmill, cage, pen, doghouse, feeding apparatus. These are standard pieces of equipment for those engaged in such activities as hunting, dog sports and dog shows. While I support the prosecution of the crime of dogfighting, the language is vague and will result in people being falsely accused. In the vast majority of dogfighting cases, the dogs are destroyed prior to trial or even a conviction. Owners who are falsely accused suffer devastating financial and emotional losses and can never get their dogs back. Merely possessing this equipment does not mean that someone has the intent to train a dog to fight or that the equipment is used to the furtherance of dog fighting. Because someone has a dog bowl, does this mean they have the intent to fight a dog? This bill would open the door for unfairly prosecuting a person who legitimately owns American Pit Bull Terriers or other similar dogs.
The stated goals of HSUS are to eliminate ALL animals for use as clothing, food and entertainment. PETA and THLN are assisting this effort. The President of HSUS has stated he wants to eliminate all meat, fish, poultry, dairy and eggs from American menus.
Furthermore, HSUS/PETA/THLN are introducing bills to remove legal ownership of animals, making people “guardians” instead of “owners” so that when ANYONE claims disapproval of the way an animal is being cared for, that animal can be seized, even though the charges are false. The animals are usually euthanized, even before their owner is found to be innocent. These radical, well funded organizations do not operate any shelters, but collect funds from the uninformed, well intentioned public for lobbyists to further their goals and for their officers to live in lavish lifestyle. The many bills introduced by the radical “Animal Rights” (AR) groups are intended to undermine farming, ranching, dog shows, field trials, performance events, overall pet ownership and much more. Each AR legislative victory gives them “a foot in the door.” Often, legislators have no idea about the consequences of approving these bills that subvert the economy and turn innocent citizens into criminals because of unrealistic restrictions that are subject to broad interpretation.

Sonia Yearwood
A Voter in Center, Texas.

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