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H.B. No. 559
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(4) "dog-fighting equipment" means:
(A) equipment used for training or handling a
fighting dog, including a harness, treadmill, cage, decoy, pen,
house for keeping a fighting dog, feeding apparatus, or training
pen;
(B) equipment used for transporting a fighting
dog; including any automobile, or other vehicle, and its
appurtenances which are intended to be used as a vehicle for
transporting a fighting dog;
(C) equipment used to promote or advertise an
exhibition of dog fighting, including a printing press or similar
equipment, paper, ink, or photography equipment; or
(D) a dog trained, being trained, or intended to
be used to fight with another dog; and
(5) [. 4-4-] "obscene device [or matzial]" and
"obscene" have the meanings assigned by Section 43.21, Penal Code
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003. The
change in law made by this Act applies only to the disposition of an
obscene device or material seized on or after September 1, 2003.
The disposition of an obscene device or material seized before
September 1, 2003, is covered by the law in effect when the device
or material was seized, and the former law is preserved for that
purpose.