COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Fred Henne!
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MEETING DATE: September 10, 2001
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
TIME PREFERRED:
Consider and discuss adopting Order Prohibiting the Keeping of Wild Animals pursuant to
Chapter 240, Local Government Code and creating a criminal penalty.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
OFFICE: County Judge
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter
551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.

All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has been
prepazed for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will be
appreciated and contribute towazds you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules
Adopted by Commissioners' Court.
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To: Commissioners Court Members
From: Jim Allison
RE: H.B. 1362 -Dangerous Wild Animals
Date: August 23. 2001
H.B. 1362 revises the statutes concerning dangerous wild animals.
Under this bill, counties may either prohibit the keeping of dangerous wild
animals in the unincorporated areas or regulate them. If the county does
not adopt an order prohibiting dangerous wild animals by December I,
2001, the county must adopt an order to permit and regulate them.
Attached is a model order to prohibit the keeping of wild animals.
Upon adoption of the order, the caption of the order should be published
once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. [f your county
decides to permit and regulate these animals, please contact my office for
sample applications, permits, and orders.
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF §
Order Prohibiting the Keeping of
Wild Animals, Pursuant to Chapter 240,
Local Government Code and Creating a Criminal Penalty
The Commissioners Court of County hereby adopts the following order.
pursuant to Chapter 240. Local Government Code:
The Commissioners Court herebv determines that wild animals, as defined in this order,
are dangerous and in need of control in this county.
?. Wild animal means a lion, a [ieer, an ocelot. a cougar, a leopazd, a cheetah, a jaguaz, a
bobcat, a lynx. a serval a cazacal, a hyena, a beaz, a coyote, a jackal a baboon, a
chimpanzee, an organgutaa a gorilla. a lesser panda, a binturong, a wolf, an ape, an
elephant, a rhinoceros. or any hybrid of an animal listed in this defmition.
3. The keeping of a wild animal in the unincorporated area of this county is hereby
prohibited, except as otherwise specifically permitted by state or federal law.
4. A violation of this order is an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor.
5. A violation or threatened violation of this order may be enjoined by an action in district
court.
Read and adopted this day of .2001.
County Judge
County Clerk