By: Danburg H.B. No. 578
73R2792 MJW-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the exemption of certain persons from certain hunting
1-3 stamp requirements.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 43.011 and 43.015, Parks and Wildlife
1-6 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 43.011. WHITE-WINGED DOVE STAMP REQUIRED. (a) Except
1-8 as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, no <No> person may
1-9 hunt white-winged dove in this state unless he has in his
1-10 possession a white-winged dove stamp issued to him by the
1-11 department.
1-12 (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a
1-13 person under 17 years of age.
1-14 Sec. 43.015. REFUSAL TO SHOW STAMP OR PROOF OF AGE. A
1-15 person hunting white-winged dove who refuses on demand of any game
1-16 management officer or peace officer to show a white-winged dove
1-17 stamp or proof that the person is under 17 years of age is presumed
1-18 to be in violation of Section 43.011 of this code.
1-19 SECTION 2. Section 43.201, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-20 amended by amending Subsection (a) and by adding Subsection (c) to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, no
1-23 <No> person may hunt wild deer, bear, turkey, or javelina (collared
1-24 peccary) during an open archery season provided by law or by the
2-1 proclamations of the commission and during which season only
2-2 longbows and arrows may be used unless the person has first
2-3 acquired from the department or from an authorized agent of the
2-4 department an archery hunting stamp.
2-5 (c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a
2-6 person under 17 years of age.
2-7 SECTION 3. Section 43.205(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
2-8 amended to read as follows:
2-9 (b) A person hunting a species covered by this chapter
2-10 during an open archery season who fails or refuses on the demand of
2-11 any game warden or other peace officer to exhibit an archery
2-12 hunting stamp or proof that the person is under 17 years of age is
2-13 presumed to be in violation of Section 43.201 of this code.
2-14 SECTION 4. Sections 43.251 and 43.255, Parks and Wildlife
2-15 Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-16 Sec. 43.251. TURKEY STAMP REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided
2-17 by Subsection (b) of this section, no <No> person may hunt turkeys
2-18 in this state unless the person has in his possession a turkey
2-19 stamp issued to him by the department.
2-20 (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a
2-21 person under 17 years of age.
2-22 Sec. 43.255. REFUSAL TO SHOW STAMP OR PROOF OF AGE. A
2-23 person hunting turkeys who refuses or fails on demand of any game
2-24 management officer or peace officer to show a valid turkey stamp or
2-25 proof that the person is under 17 years of age is presumed to be in
2-26 violation of Section 43.251 of this code.
2-27 SECTION 5. Sections 43.302 and 43.307, Parks and Wildlife
3-1 Code, are amended to read as follows:
3-2 Sec. 43.302. Waterfowl Stamp Required. (a) Except as
3-3 provided by Subsection (b) of this section, no <No> person may hunt
3-4 waterfowl in this state unless the person has in his possession a
3-5 waterfowl stamp issued to him by the department.
3-6 (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a
3-7 person under 17 years of age.
3-8 Sec. 43.307. REFUSAL TO SHOW STAMP OR PROOF OF AGE. A
3-9 person hunting waterfowl who refuses on demand of any game
3-10 management officer or peace officer to show a waterfowl stamp or
3-11 proof that the person is under 17 years of age is presumed to be in
3-12 violation of Section 43.302 of this code.
3-13 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
3-14 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
3-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.