(a) 
Except as otherwise provided by the state board of health, the owner or custodian of each domestic dog or cat over four months of age in the city must have the animal vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian.
(b) 
All domestic dogs and cats must receive a second rabies vaccination within 12 months of receiving the first vaccination, regardless of the type of vaccine used or the age at which the animal was initially vaccinated.
(c) 
Every domestic dog or cat must be revaccinated against rabies at a minimum of at least once every three years with a rabies vaccine licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture, and the vaccine must be administered according to label recommendations. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a veterinarian and owner or custodian from selecting a more frequent rabies vaccination interval, and the city may establish more frequent rabies vaccination intervals as authorized in V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, section 826.015.
(d) 
Every owner of a dog or cat immunized against rabies as required in this chapter shall be issued a rabies vaccination certificate from the veterinarian administering the vaccination. The certificate shall be in a form that meets the minimum standards set by rule of the state board of health.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Every animal which bites a person shall be promptly reported to the local rabies control authority and shall thereupon, regardless of vaccination status, be securely quarantined at the direction of the local rabies control authority. Every domestic dog, cat, or domestic ferret which bites a person shall be quarantined for a period of ten (10) days and shall not be released from such quarantine except by written permission of the local rabies control authority. Such quarantine will be at the owner’s expense in a place and under the conditions established in Texas Administrative Code, title 25, part 1, section 169.27. In the case of a stray animal or in a case of an animal whose ownership is not known, such quarantine shall be at a quarantine facility approved by the department of state health services or the animal shall be humanely destroyed and the head of the animal submitted to a rabies laboratory for testing at the expense of the city.
(b) 
Upon demand made by the local rabies control authority, it shall be unlawful for the owner of the animal to fail to surrender any animal that has bitten a person. An animal quarantined under the provisions of this section may be reclaimed by the owner if adjudged by a licensed veterinarian to be free of rabies, after the quarantine period has expired and upon the payment of fees. If a quarantined animal does not have a current rabies vaccination, it must be vaccinated against rabies at the end of the quarantine period.
(c) 
When the report of the department of state health services or a laboratory examination approved by the department gives a positive diagnosis of rabies, the local rabies control authority shall recommend a citywide quarantine. No animal shall be taken into the streets or be permitted to be in the streets or off the premises of the owner or keeper during such period of quarantine.
(d) 
During such period of rabies quarantine as herein mentioned, every animal bitten by an animal adjudged to be rabid shall be forthwith destroyed or, at the owner’s request, placed under quarantine as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(e) 
No person shall kill or cause to be killed any rabid animal, any animal suspected of having been exposed to rabies, or any animal that has bitten a human, except as herein provided, nor remove same from the city limits without the permission from the local rabies control authority.
(f) 
The carcass of any dead animal exposed to rabies shall, upon demand, be surrendered to the local rabies control authority.
(Ordinance adopting Code)