§ 6-30.8. Offenses.

(a)

A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dangerous animal and the animal makes an unprovoked attack on another person outside the animal's enclosure, and the attack causes bodily injury to the other person.

(b)

A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dangerous dog and the dog makes an unprovoked attack on a domestic animal or domestic fowl while said dog is at large, and the attack causes bodily injury or death to the domestic animal or domestic fowl.

(c)

A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dangerous animal or the new owner of a dangerous animal and performs an act prohibited or fails to perform an act required by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 8934, § 4, 4-4-08)

State law reference

Dangerous dogs, V.T.C.A. Health and Safety Code § 822.041 et seq.; dangerous wild animals, V.T.C.A. Health and Safety Code § 822.101 et seq.; local regulation of dangerous dogs, V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code § 822.047; local regulation of dangerous wild animals, V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code § 822.116.