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Senate Bill 1121 |
Senate Author: Hegar |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Thibaut et al. |
Senate Bill 1121 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to add a person who possesses a game bird, game animal, or fish to those who commit an offense if they fail to keep the edible portions of such an animal in edible condition. The bill clarifies that a person who, while hunting, kills or wounds a desert bighorn sheep, pronghorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, or white-tailed deer and intentionally or knowingly fails to make a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal or fails to keep the edible parts of the animal in edible condition commits an offense if the person acts in violation of provisions relating to the taking of wildlife resources without consent of the landowner, hunting from a vehicle, hunting from a public road or right‑of‑way, hunting at night, or hunting with the aid of an artificial light. The bill defines "edible condition" and "edible parts" for purposes of these provisions.