POSSESSION OF ANIMAL BY PERSON CONVICTED OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

Sec. 42.107. POSSESSION OF ANIMAL BY PERSON CONVICTED OF ANIMAL CRUELTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) possesses or exercises control over an animal; and (2) within the five-year period preceding the date of the instant offense, has been previously convicted of an offense under: (A) Section 42.091 , 42.092 , or 42.10 ; or (B) federal law or a penal law of another state containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense described by Paragraph (A). (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class B misdemeanor if the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 173 (H.B. 598 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.