SRC-TAG, MSY S.B. 236 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 236
78R3286 SGA-DBy: Fraser
Natural Resource Committe
2/19/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Texas requires a landowner to have a hunting license to hunt a
feral hog on the landowner's property.  This requirement prohibits
landowners from controlling the feral hogs that prey on lambs, fawns,
quail and turkey nesting grounds, and destroy field crops.   As proposed,
S.B. 236 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to exempt landowners from the
requirements of having a hunting license to hunt a feral hog on the
landowner's property.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 42.002, Parks and Wildlife Code, by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c), as follows: 

(a)  Provides that Subsection (c), as added by this Act, is an exception
to the rule that no resident may hunt any bird or animal in this state
without a hunting license.  Makes conforming changes. 

(c)  Prohibits the Parks and Wildlife Commission from requiring a
landowner to have a hunting license to hunt a feral hog on the landowner's
property. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003.