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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of digital tags for the taking of certain |
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animals. |
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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 42.0101 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0101. DIGITAL TAGS; RULES. (a) The commission by |
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rule may develop and implement a program for the issuance of digital |
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tags for animals, including birds, to holders of hunting licenses |
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authorizing the taking of those animals. |
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(b) A program developed under this section may include: |
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(1) providing for the issuance of digital tags to the |
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holder of a hunting license; |
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(2) allowing a person using a digital tag to create a |
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digital record at the time of the taking of an animal that includes |
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information required by the department; |
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(3) requiring a person using a digital tag to create |
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the digital record described by Subdivision (2) as soon as possible |
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after the taking of the animal; and |
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(4) requiring a person using a digital tag to retain in |
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the person's possession documentation of the digital record |
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described by Subdivision (2) at all times before the carcass is |
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finally processed. |
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(c) Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference |
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under this code to a tag includes a digital tag issued under a |
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program developed under this section. |
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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. |