Texas Human Resources Code

§ 121.002 — DEFINITIONS

HR § 121.002Title 8. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES · Ch. 121. PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

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In this chapter:

(1)"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.

(2)"Harass" means any conduct that:

(A)is directed at an assistance animal that impedes or interferes with, or is intended to impede or interfere with, the animal's performance of its duties; or

(B)places a person with a disability who is using an assistance animal, or a trainer who is training an assistance animal, in danger of injury.

(3)"Housing accommodations" means all or part of real property that is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more human beings, except a single-family residence whose occupants rent, lease, or furnish for compensation only one room.

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (H.B. 489), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2014.