{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-823.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 823.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Animal shelter\" means a facility that keeps or legally impounds stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals.\n(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(120), eff. April 2, 2015.\n(3) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(120), eff. April 2, 2015.\n(4) \"Department\" means the Department of State Health Services.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1603, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(120), eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS","CHAPTER 823. ANIMAL SHELTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.823.htm#823.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"3294d79e380654112cc2e6807dfb8119f242d42cb25bb6dde3790854a352fd4b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-822.116","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-823.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}