Tex. Pen. Code § 42.10 : PENAL CODE — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY — DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES — Dog Fighting

(a) A person commits an offense if the person 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 possesses dog-fighting equipment with the intent that the equipment be used to train a dog for dog fighting or in furtherance of dog fighting;
(5) owns or trains a dog with the intent that the dog be used in an exhibition of dog fighting; or
(6) attends as a spectator an exhibition of dog fighting.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Dog fighting" means any situation in which one dog attacks or fights with another dog.
(2) "Dog-fighting equipment" has the meaning assigned by Article 18.18(g), Code of Criminal Procedure.
(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), (5), or (6) is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) is a state jail felony.

Tex. Pen. Code § 42.10

Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1357, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.
Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2007.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1610, ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1983. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 42.111 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. 9/1/1994.
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