Texas § 822.111 POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER; CAGING REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS.

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§ 822.111 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER; CAGING REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS.

Texas § 822.111

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 822.111 (2026).

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Sec. 822.111. POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER; CAGING REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS.

(a)The executive commissioner by rule shall establish caging requirements and standards for the keeping and confinement of a dangerous wild animal to ensure that the animal is kept in a manner and confined in a primary enclosure that:

(1)protects and enhances the public's health and safety;

(2)prevents escape by the animal; and

(3)provides a safe, healthy, and humane environment for the animal.

(b)An owner of a dangerous wild animal shall keep and confine the animal in accordance with the caging requirements and standards established by the executive commissioner.

(c)An animal registration agency may approve a deviation from the caging requirements and standards established by the executive

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Sec. 822.111. POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER; CAGING REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish caging requirements and standards for the keeping and confinement of a dangerous wild animal to ensure that the animal is kept in a manner and confined in a primary enclosure that:
(1) protects and enhances the public's health and safety;
(2) prevents escape by the animal; and
(3) provides a safe, healthy, and humane environment for the animal.
(b) An owner of a dangerous wild animal shall keep and confine the animal in accordance with the caging requirements and standards established by the executive commissioner.
(c) An animal registration agency may approve a deviation from the caging requirements and standards established by the executive commissioner, only if:
(1) the animal registration agency has good cause for the deviation; and
(2) the deviation:
(A) does not compromise the public's health and safety;
(B) does not reduce the total area of the primary enclosure below that established by the executive commissioner; and
(C) does not otherwise adversely affect the overall welfare of the animal involved.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1602, eff. April 2, 2015.