Neither Bell County nor its cities may ban or restrict specific dog breeds. Texas law forbids breed-specific regulation, so there are no pit bull or Rottweiler bans. Local governments may only impose breed-neutral dangerous-dog rules.
Texas expressly preempts breed-specific legislation. Under Health & Safety Code 822.047, a county or municipality may make dangerous-dog rules more stringent than state law, but those rules cannot single out one or several breeds. So no ordinance in Bell County, Killeen, Temple, or Belton can outlaw pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any breed by name. Instead, any individual dog can be declared 'dangerous' based on its behavior, which then triggers restraint, registration, insurance, and enclosure requirements regardless of breed.
There are no breed bans to violate. Enforcement targets individual dogs declared dangerous, not breeds; dangerous-dog restraint failures are Class C misdemeanors.
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