89R21885 MCF-D     By: Flores, Rodríguez Ramos, Bucy, Ordaz, H.B. No. 4775       et al.     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4775:     By:  Leach C.S.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.  This Act may be cited as Parsons's Law.          SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.