1-1 By: Haley S.B. No. 664
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 1993; March 8, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 1, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
1-5 Nays 0; April 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 certain fishing apparatus anchored in the Trinity River
1-22 near the Livingston Dam.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 61, Parks and Wildlife
1-25 Code, is amended by adding Section 61.201 to read as follows:
1-26 Sec. 61.201. LIVINGSTON DAM FISHING PLATFORM. (a) No
1-27 person may permanently anchor a barge, boat, or other fishing
1-28 platform on the Trinity River downstream from the Livingston Dam
1-29 within the area between the restricted area boundary that is 1,000
1-30 feet from the dam and a point 1,500 feet downstream from the dam.
1-31 A barge, boat, or other fishing platform is considered permanently
1-32 anchored if it is anchored in the described area:
1-33 (1) for more than 10 hours in a 24-hour period without
1-34 moving 100 feet or more during that time; or
1-35 (2) for five or more consecutive days, whether or not
1-36 it has been moved.
1-37 (b) No person may leave a barge, boat, or other fishing
1-38 platform unattended for any period of time if the barge, boat, or
1-39 platform is within the area described in Subsection (a) of this
1-40 section.
1-41 (c) A barge, boat, or other fishing platform that is left
1-42 unattended for any period of time within the area described in
1-43 Subsection (a) of this section may be impounded and may be
1-44 reclaimed only by payment of both the fine imposed under this
1-45 chapter and the cost of impoundment.
1-46 (d) Property impounded under this section that has not been
1-47 claimed within the time period specified in Section 5.01(2),
1-48 Chapter 741, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981
1-49 (Article 4477-9a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), for disposition
1-50 of an abandoned automobile is considered abandoned and may be
1-51 disposed of in the same manner as an abandoned automobile in
1-52 accordance with Article V of that Act.
1-53 (e) This section may be enforced by any peace officer listed
1-54 in Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure.
1-55 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-56 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-57 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-58 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-59 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-60 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
1-61 * * * * *
1-62 Austin,
1-63 Texas
1-64 April 1, 1993
1-65 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-66 President of the Senate
1-67 Sir:
1-68 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred S.B.
2-1 No. 664, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
2-2 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-3 pass and be printed.
2-4 Sims,
2-5 Chairman
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2-7 WITNESSES
2-8 FOR AGAINST ON
2-9 ___________________________________________________________________
2-10 Name: James Wkugene Hanson x
2-11 Representing:
2-12 City: Lovingston
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2-14 Name: Danny F. Vance x
2-15 Representing: Trinity River Authority
2-16 City: Arlington
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2-18 Name: Charles Hensley x
2-19 Representing: Tx Parks & Wildlife Dept.
2-20 City: Austin
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2-22 Name: Philip P. Durocher x
2-23 Representing: Parks & Wildlife Dept
2-24 City: Austin
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