Source: https://www.animallaw.info/statute/tx-domestic-violence-%C2%A7-85021-022-protective-orders
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 18:05:56+00:00

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In a protective order in Texas, the court may prohibit a party from removing a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal, as defined by Section 121.002, Human Resources Code, from the possession of a person named in the order. Furthermore, in a protective order, the court may prohibit the person found to have committed family violence from harming, threatening, or interfering with the care, custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal that is possessed by or is in the actual or constructive care of a person protected by an order or by a member of the family or household of a person protected by an order.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 136 (S.B. 279), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2011; Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., ch. 543 (S.B. 555), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2013.
(d) In a protective order, the court shall suspend a license to carry a concealed handgun issued under Subchapter H,1 Chapter 411, Government Code, that is held by a person found to have committed family violence.
(d) In a protective order, the court shall suspend a license to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H,1 Chapter 411, Government Code, that is held by a person found to have committed family violence.
(e) In this section, “firearm” has the meaning assigned by Section 46.01, Penal Code.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, § 1, eff. May 5, 1997. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1193, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1412, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 23, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2007, 80th Leg., ch. 113, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2007; Acts 2009, 81st Leg., ch. 1146, § 11.21, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 136 (S.B. 279), § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2011; Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., ch. 543 (S.B. 555), § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2013; Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 437 (H.B. 910), § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.

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