1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 269
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 5, 1993; February 8, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 March 1, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
1-5 Nays 0; March 1, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Sims x
1-9 Truan x
1-10 Armbrister x
1-11 Barrientos x
1-12 Bivins x
1-13 Brown x
1-14 Carriker x
1-15 Lucio x
1-16 Montford x
1-17 Ratliff x
1-18 Shelley x
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to the authority of a county to regulate the use of
1-22 certain weapons in the unincorporated area of a county; providing a
1-23 penalty.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. Chapter 240, Local Government Code, is amended by
1-26 adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
1-27 SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF USE OF BOWS AND ARROWS
1-28 Sec. 240.041. SUBDIVISIONS COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This
1-29 subchapter applies only to a subdivision all or a part of which is
1-30 located in the unincorporated area of a county and for which a plat
1-31 is required to be prepared and filed under Chapter 232.
1-32 Sec. 240.042. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE. (a) To promote the
1-33 public safety, the commissioners court of a county by order may
1-34 prohibit or otherwise regulate hunting with bows and arrows on lots
1-35 that are 10 acres or smaller and are located in the unincorporated
1-36 area of the county in a subdivision.
1-37 (b) In this section, "hunting" means to hunt as defined by
1-38 Section 1.101, Parks and Wildlife Code.
1-39 Sec. 240.043. PROHIBITED REGULATIONS. This subchapter does
1-40 not authorize the commissioners court to regulate the transfer,
1-41 ownership, possession, or transportation of bows and arrows and
1-42 does not authorize the court to require the registration of bows
1-43 and arrows.
1-44 Sec. 240.044. INJUNCTION. Any person is entitled to
1-45 appropriate injunctive relief to prevent a violation or threatened
1-46 violation of a prohibition or other regulation adopted under this
1-47 subchapter from continuing or occurring.
1-48 Sec. 240.045. CRIMINAL PENALTY. A person commits an offense
1-49 if the person intentionally or knowingly engages in conduct that is
1-50 a violation of a regulation adopted under this subchapter by the
1-51 commissioners court. An offense under this section is a Class C
1-52 misdemeanor. If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
1-53 section that the person has previously been convicted of an offense
1-54 under this section, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
1-55 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-56 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-57 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-58 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-59 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-60 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-61 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-62 * * * * *
1-63 Austin,
1-64 Texas
1-65 March 1, 1993
1-66 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-67 President of the Senate
1-68 Sir:
2-1 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred S.B.
2-2 No. 269, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
2-3 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-4 pass and be printed.
2-5 Sims,
2-6 Chairman
2-7 * * * * *
2-8 WITNESSES
2-9 FOR AGAINST ON
2-10 ___________________________________________________________________
2-11 Name: Wayne D. Justiss x
2-12 Representing: Private Citizen
2-13 City: Canyon Lake
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