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Title: SB 779 Post by: Silverton Boar Dogs on May 10, 2011, 08:34:17 am If you don't know about SB 779 read about it below. This is a bill that needs to be opposed not so much because of what it says but because of where it leads future legislation. They have suspended the rules to try and slip this through the house quickly. Make some noise today if you can.
Thanks, Paul T TX-RPOA E-News >From RPOA Texas Outreach and Responsible Pet Owners Alliance "Animal welfare, not animal 'rights' and, yes, there is a difference." Crossposting is encouraged. May 9, 2011 Texas SB 779 will be heard in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee in the morning, Tuesday, May 10th at 8 am. All posting rules for the House committee public hearing were suspended in hopes no one will show up to testify against the bill. Only YOU can kill this bill with phone calls, faxes and emails! All committee members are listed below with contact information. SB 779 passed out of the Senate; is now in the House and relates to a central database registry for convicted animal cruelty offenders 17 years of age or older. Texas Department of Public Safety will establish and maintain the registry but the state's Fiscal Note admits there will be additional administrative demands on local enforcement. As usual the Fiscal Note claims there'll be "no" fiscal implication anticipated to the State. RPOA OPPOSES SB 779 BECAUSE: 1) This bill is a national campaign by Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), the animal "rights" organization seeking "personhood" for animals in the courts and is modeled after the existing "Sex Offenders" Registry - for humans, that is. 2) Houston Rockets owner, Les Alexander, is behind the bill and says he'll "be chipping in big!" Is our state government for sale? 3) There is only one person in Texas serving solely for animal cruelty and 4 more offenders with a current conviction for Cruelty to Animals that is not their Offense of Record. (Source: Susan Wolf, Sportsmen's & Animal Owners Voting Alliance, SAOVA, Open Records Request) There is no need for such a registry. 4) The bill creates another state bureaucracy at a time when budget cuts are being made for human social services, public school teachers and medical programs. Please phone, fax and email all below tonight and all day Tuesday. It may not be heard until later in the day. Faxes are always best. Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Committee Clerk: Michael Pacheco Phone: (512) 463-0768 Room: Ext. E2.112 Chair: Rep. Pete Gallego Phone: (512) 463-0566 Fax: (512) 236-9408 pete.gallego@house.state.tx.us Vice Chair: Rep. Will Hartnett Phone: (512) 463-0576 Fax: (512) 463-7827 will.hartnett@house.state.tx.us Rep. Jose Aliseda Phone: (512) 463-0645 Fax: (512) 463-0559 jose.aliseda@house.state.tx.us Rep. Cindy Burkett Phone: (512) 463-0464 Fax: (512) 463-9295 cindy.burkett@house.state.tx.us Rep. Stefani Carter Phone: (512) 463-0454 Fax: (512) 463-1121 stefani.carter@house.state.tx.us Rep. Wayne Christian Phone: (512) 463-0556 Fax: (512) 463-5896 wayne.christian@house.state.tx.us Rep. Yvonne Davis Phone: (512) 463-0598 Fax: (512) 463-2297 yvonne.davis@house.state.tx.us Rep. Eddie Rodriguez Phone: (512) 463-0674 Fax: (512) 463-0314 eddie.rodriguez@house.state.tx.us Rep. Bill Zedler Phone: (512) 463-0374 Fax: (512) 463-0364 bill.zedler@house.state.tx.us |