By Grusendorf H.B. No. 2130
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2130:
By Oakley C.S.H.B. No. 2130
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to suits for recovery of value of certain species and
1-3 collection of restitution after judgment.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 12.303, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
1-7 (c) to read as follows:
1-8 (a) The attorney general, <or> the county attorney of the
1-9 county in which the violation occurred, or a private attorney who
1-10 contracts with the attorney general or a county attorney may bring
1-11 a civil suit under this subchapter in the name of the state to
1-12 recover the value of each fish, shellfish, reptile, amphibian,
1-13 bird, or animal unlawfully killed, caught, taken, possessed, or
1-14 injured.
1-15 (b) A suit under this section shall be brought in the county
1-16 in which the violation occurred, <except that the attorney general
1-17 may bring suit> or in Travis County.
1-18 (c) An attorney bringing a civil suit under this subchapter
1-19 is exempt from paying a filing fee.
1-20 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills be read on three several days
1-24 in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, and
2-1 that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-2 passage, and it is so enacted.