[ SHOWGSD-L ] Texas Alert! Oppose SB 349, relating to dangerous pets by certain counties
- From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:45:01 EST
Subject: Texas Alert! Oppose SB 349, relating to dangerous pets by certain
counties
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February 25, 2007
Senate Bill 349 by Ellis has been assigned to the Criminal Justice
Committee; "Relating to the regulation of dangerous pets by certain populous
counties; providing a criminal penalty." The lists of dangerous dogs
compiled in other cities usually include American Staffordshire Terriers,
American Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, (or anything with
the appearance of the above!), and sometimes include: Bull Terriers,
Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Malamutes, Chows, Akitas and many
other large dog breeds and mixes.
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance OPPOSES this bill.
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Please contact all of the committee members (below) to express your
opposition. Faxes, phone calls and emails are needed. No hearings are
scheduled at this time. Please ask your national breed club to help Texas
dog owners.
When emailing committee members regarding your position on the bill, put
"Oppose Senate Bill 349 regulating dangerous pets" in the Subject Line. If
they don't read your entire message, at least they will get your position on
the bill before deleting it.
Talking points:
1) While this bill addresses "pets," the actual focus will be on dogs
because Senator Ellis tried to open the door for Breed Specific Legislation
two years ago and failed.
2) Opens the door for Breed Specific Legislation because it allows the
county commissioners to "prohibit" dogs they pre-determine are dangerous
without regard to an individual animal's behavior.
3) This is the way to ban certain breeds by allowing the commissioners to
impose a fee on ownership. The law does not limit the fee, so it could
become too expensive to own certain dogs.
4) Allows for evaluating, confining, and inspecting where the dog is kept
based on breed rather than the behavior of an individual dog which is an
unwanted intrusion.
5) Is designed so that the lawmakers can make it unappealing to own
whatever breeds they decide to target regardless of an individual dog's
behavior.
6) Criminalizes failure to comply with any order by the commissioners
court, but since there is no order yet taken, it is impossible to know what
the law may impose.
Senate Criminal Justice Committee members
Address for all:
PO Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
COMMITTEE CLERK: Mahala Price
PHONE: 512-463-0345
ROOM: SHB 470
Chair: Senator John Whitmire
Ph: (512) 463-0115
Fax: (512) 475-3737
john.whitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Vice-Chair: Senator Kel Seliger
Ph: (512) 463-0131
Fax: (512) 475-3733
kel.seliger@xxxxxxxxxxx@kel.s
Senator John Carona
Ph: (512) 463-0116
Fax: (512) 463-3135
john.carona@xxxxxxxxxxx@john.
Senator Bob Deuell
Ph: (512) 463-0102
Fax: (512) 463-7202
don.forse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Senator Rodney Ellis
Ph: (512) 463-0113
Fax: (512) 463-0006
rodney.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxx@rodne
Senator Glenn Hegar
Ph: (512) 463-0118
Fax: (512) 475-3736
District18.hegar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Senator Juan Hinojosa
Ph: (512) 463-0120
Fax: (512) 463-0229
leslie.nadelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"You may never know what results come from your action.
But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
Mahatma Gandhi
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