{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-824.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 824.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Fire protection sprinkler system\" has the meaning assigned by Section 766.051.\n(2) \"Kennel\" means a facility, including a veterinary medicine clinic, that provides boarding and related services to dogs or cats for breeding, sheltering, training, hunting, or similar purposes in exchange for compensation or other consideration.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 294 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS","CHAPTER 824. KENNELS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.824.htm#824.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"930601dbfd48844582ce52f66ac7a21db2960fae7e0560bb9d4bf21450a0dd80","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-823.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-824.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}