89R15590 MCF-D     By: Flores H.B. No. 4775       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated   animal.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 821.022(a), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  If a peace officer or an officer who has responsibility   for animal control in a county or municipality has reason to believe   that an animal has been or is being cruelly treated, the officer may   apply to the following for a warrant to seize the animal:                (1)  a justice court or magistrate in:                      (A)  the county in which the animal is located; or                      (B)  a county adjacent to the county in which the   animal is located; or                (2)  [to] a municipal court in:                      (A)  the municipality in which the animal is   located; or                      (B)  a municipality adjacent to the municipality   in which the animal is located [for a warrant to seize the animal].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.