1-1     By:  Duncan                                           S.B. No. 1429
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1999; March 15, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     April 9, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 9, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                By:  Lucio
 1-7     Amend S.B. No. 1429 on page 1, at end of line 21, by deleting the
 1-8     bracketed language and adding the following:  A bounty paid under
 1-9     this section may not exceed $50 [$20] for each animal unless
1-10     approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
1-11                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12                                   AN ACT
1-13     relating to the amount paid for bounties for predatory animals.
1-14           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-15           SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 825.031, Health and
1-16     Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-17           (c)  The commissioners court may determine the amount of a
1-18     bounty to be paid under this section for each animal.  The bounty
1-19     shall be paid from the general fund of the county by a warrant
1-20     drawn on that fund by the county judge on presentation of proof of
1-21     destruction required by the commissioners court.  [A bounty paid
1-22     under this section may not exceed $20 for each animal unless
1-23     approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.]
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