Texas Health and Safety Code 821.021 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 821.021
- 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
In this subchapter:
(1) “Cruelly treated” includes tortured, seriously overworked, unreasonably abandoned, unreasonably deprived of necessary food, care, or shelter, cruelly confined, caused to fight with another animal, or subjected to conduct prohibited by § 21.09, Penal Code.
(2) “Nonprofit animal welfare organization” means a nonprofit organization that has as its purpose:
(A) the prevention of cruelty to animals; or
(B) the sheltering of, caring for, and providing homes for lost, stray, and abandoned animals.
(3) “Owner” includes a person who owns or has custody or control of an animal.