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78R11660 LJR-D

By:  Kuempel                                                      H.B. No. 3599



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the management of deer and land with deer populations 
under management plans approved by the Parks and Wildlife 
Department.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.018(g), Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(g)  A landowner or the landowner's agent operating under a 
wildlife management plan approved by the department is, if 
authorized by the commission, exempt from the tag requirements of 
this section.  Under a wildlife management plan approved by the 
department, the department may issue to the landowner a managed 
lands deer permit, may provide for different management activities 
under different permitted levels, and may establish different fees 
for the different levels of permits.  The greater freedom given the 
landowner in managing deer populations under the applicable permit 
level, the greater the amount of the fee the department shall 
establish for the permit.
	SECTION 2.  Section 43.603(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The department may establish various levels of permits 
to be issued under this subchapter, determine the activities 
permitted under the respective levels, and establish different fees 
for the various levels.  [The department shall set a fee for the 
issuance or renewal of a permit in an amount not to exceed $1,000.]
	SECTION 3.  Section 43.606, Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 43.606.  APPLICATION OF GENERAL LAWS.  Except as 
expressly provided by this subchapter and the terms and conditions 
of the permit and management plan, the general laws and regulations 
of this state applicable to white-tailed deer do not apply to deer 
on the acreage covered by the permit.  This subchapter does not 
restrict or prohibit the use of high fences on acreage not covered 
by a management plan.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.