[NAGDU] HB2992

[Andy B.]

Why such a small penalty? People get put in prison for imitating emergency
personnel, people of authority, and polititians. Why not disabled persons? I
fear that this bill would do nothing more than create a small slap on the
wrist for offenders and a huge deal of confusion on the term "service
animal". In either case, it might create jealousy between disabled and
everyone else. At very least, it might put disabled people on a different
playing field than everyone else. Why not create regulations that help
service animal and handler work together and do away with stereotypes of
service animals?

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Subject: [NAGDU] HB2992

Some of us have discussed this a little bit before. On Monday in Texas, HB
2992 is going to committee to be discussed. Victoria Neave's office authored
this bill. Here is what it hopes to accomplish:

Would provide that a person commits a misdemeanor offense when they falsely
represent their animal as a service animal in order to gain access,
permission, or benefits reserved for people with disabilities who use
service animals. False representation would occur when a person fits an
animal with a harness, collar, vest, sign, tag, or leash of the type
commonly used by service animals when the animal has not in fact been
specially trained.

For the actual language of the bill:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/85R/billtext/html/HB02992I.htm

What do you all think?
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