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Sec. 828.014.\u00A0\u00A0ANIMAL FRIENDLY ACCOUNT; DEDICATION.  (a)\u00A0\u00A0The animal friendly account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.\u00A0\u00A0The account is composed of:
(1)\u00A0\u00A0money deposited to the credit of the account under former Section 502.291, Transportation Code, and under Section 504.605, Transportation Code; and
(2)\u00A0\u00A0gifts, grants, donations, and legislative appropriations.
(b)\u00A0\u00A0The Department of State Health Services administers the account.
(b-1)\u00A0\u00A0The Department of State Health Services may spend money credited to the account or money deposited to the associated trust fund account created under Section 504.6012, Transportation Code, only to:
(1)\u00A0\u00A0make grants to eligible organizations that sterilize animals owned by the general public at minimal or no cost; and
(2)\u00A0\u00A0defray the cost of administering the account.
(c)\u00A0\u00A0The Department of State Health Services\u00A0\u00A0may accept gifts, donations, and grants from any source for the benefit of the account.\u00A0\u00A0The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission\u00A0\u00A0by rule shall establish guidelines for spending money described by Subsection (b-1).
(d)\u00A0\u00A0In this section \"eligible organization\" means:
(1)\u00A0\u00A0a releasing agency;
(2)\u00A0\u00A0an organization that is qualified as a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code, that has as its primary purpose:
(A)\u00A0\u00A0animal welfare;  or
(B)\u00A0\u00A0sterilizing animals owned by the general public at minimal or no cost;  or
(3)\u00A0\u00A0a local nonprofit veterinary medical association that has an established program for sterilizing animals owned by the general public at minimal or no cost.
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Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 657, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1292, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1625, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1626, eff. April 2, 2015.
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