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By: Raney (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) |
H.B. No. 1699 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021; |
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April 21, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 4, 2021, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 4, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the taking of unbanded pen-reared pheasant and quail by |
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certain landowners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 42.0211 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0211. TAKING OF UNBANDED PEN-REARED PHEASANT OR |
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QUAIL BY CERTAIN LANDOWNERS. (a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) noncommercial activity; and |
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(2) the taking of pheasant or quail on a property of at |
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least five contiguous acres. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law requiring the banding of a |
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bird, a person, or the person's guest when accompanied by the |
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person, may take on the person's property unbanded pen-reared |
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pheasant or quail. |
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(c) Nothing in this section: |
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(1) affects the requirement to acquire a license under |
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Section 45.001 for the propagation of game birds; or |
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(2) authorizes a person to: |
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(A) exceed a bag limit for pheasant or quail; or |
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(B) take pheasant or quail during a closed |
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season. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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