By Solis H.B. No. 1225 75R5390 JBN-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of the Arroyo Colorado Wildlife Sanctuary 1-3 in Cameron and Willacy counties; providing a penalty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 82, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subchapter M to read as follows: 1-7 SUBCHAPTER M. ARROYO COLORADO SANCTUARY 1-8 Sec. 82.741. CREATION. All of the land area and water of 1-9 the state-owned riverbed of the Arroyo Colorado in Cameron and 1-10 Willacy counties from the north bank of the Arroyo Colorado 1-11 Intercoastal Waterway channel northward to the shoreline of the 1-12 Laguna Madre are declared to be a game sanctuary. 1-13 Sec. 82.742. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) Except as permitted by 1-14 Subsection (b) of this section, no person may possess, shoot, or 1-15 hunt with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow in the game 1-16 sanctuary created by Section 82.741 of this code. 1-17 (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to: 1-18 (1) a peace officer of this state, a law enforcement 1-19 officer of the United States, or a member of the armed forces of 1-20 the United States or of this state during the time that the officer 1-21 or member is in the actual discharge of official duties; or 1-22 (2) a person who is: 1-23 (A) an owner or occupant of land adjoining the 1-24 game sanctuary or a guest or invitee of the owner or occupant; and 2-1 (B) traveling to or from the owned or occupied 2-2 adjoining land. 2-3 Sec. 82.743. PENALTY. A person who violates Section 82.742 2-4 of this code commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and 2-5 Wildlife Code misdemeanor. 2-6 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.