Under Title 8, “Rights and Responsibilities of Persons with Disabilities:”
“Assistance animal” and “service animal” mean a canine that is specially trained or equipped to help a person with a disability and that is used by a person with a disability .
T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.002
A state employee who is a person with a disability is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in salary for the purpose of attending a training program to acquaint the employee with an assistance dog to be used by the employee.
V. T. C. A., Government Code § 661.910
No common carrier, airplane, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar, boat, or other public conveyance or mode of transportation operating within the state may refuse to accept as a passenger a person with a disability because of the person’s disability, nor may a person with a disability be required to pay an additional fare because of his or her use of a service animal
No person with a disability may be denied admittance to any public facility in the state because of the person’s disability. No person with a disability may be denied the use assistance animal.
A person with a total or partial disability who has or obtains a service animal is entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section.
Provisions for equal access also applies to assistance animal in training.
V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.003
Violation is an offense.
An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and 30 hours of community service.
The person with a disability deprived of his or her civil liberties may maintain a cause of action for damages in a court of competent jurisdiction, and there is a conclusive presumption of damages in the amount of at least $300 to the person with a disability.
V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.004
Under Title 8, Rights and Responsibilities of Persons with Disabilities:
A person may not assault, harass, interfere with, kill, or injure in any way, or attempt to assault, harass, interfere with, kill, or injure in any way, an assistance animal.
V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.003
Violation is an offense.
An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and 30 hours of community service.
The person with a disability deprived of his or her civil liberties may maintain a cause of action for damages in a court of competent jurisdiction, and there is a conclusive presumption of damages in the amount of at least $300 to the person with a disability.
V. T. C. A., Human Resources Code § 121.004
Penal Code:
A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly attacks, injures, or kills an assistance animal.
A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly incites or permits an animal owned by or otherwise in the custody of the actor to attack, injure, or kill an assistance animal and, as a result of the person’s conduct, the assistance animal is attacked, injured, or killed.
An offense under this section is a:
Violators also owe restitution.
V. T. C. A., Penal Code § 42.091
The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection or crosswalk where a pedestrian guided by an assistance animal is crossing or attempting to cross shall take necessary precautions to avoid injuring or endangering the pedestrian.
If at trial determined that collision caused serious bodily injury or death to a blind person, the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by:
