Statute in Full:
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:
(1) causes a dog to fight with another dog; (2) participates in the earnings of or operates a facility used for dog fighting; (3) uses or permits another to use any real estate, building, room, tent, arena, or other property for dog fighting; (4) owns or trains a dog with the intent that the dog be used in an exhibition of dog fighting; or (5) attends as a spectator an exhibition of dog fighting. (b) In this section, “dog fighting” means any situation in which one dog attacks or fights with another dog.
(c) A conviction under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) may be had upon the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense.
(d) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(1) that the actor caused a dog to fight with another dog to protect livestock, other property, or a person from the other dog, and for no other purpose.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(4) or (5) is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) is a state jail felony.
CREDIT(S)
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1610, ch. 305, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 42.111 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 2007, 80th Leg., ch. 644, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2007.
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