Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 829.002

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A person may not perform the duties of an animal control officer unless:
(1) the person:
(A) completes a basic animal control course under this chapter not later than the first anniversary of the date the person assumes animal control duties; or
(B) completed a personnel training course on or before June 30, 2008, under § 823.004 as it existed on that date; and
(2) the person completes 30 hours of continuing education under this chapter during each three-year period following:
(A) the date the person completes the basic animal control course; or
(B) June 30, 2008, if the person completed a personnel training course under Subdivision (1)(B).