79R136 KCR-D
By: Campbell H.B. No. 185
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use and placement of certain hunting blinds and
wildlife feeders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 62.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 62.002. CERTAIN PLACEMENT AND USE OF BLINDS AND
FEEDERS PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:
(1) "Hunting blind" means a temporary or permanent
structure designed to wholly or partly conceal a person from view
while the person hunts.
(2) "Wildlife feeder" means an automatic or manual
mechanical device designed to provide food to native or exotic
wildlife.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), no person may:
(1) place or build a hunting blind or wildlife feeder
less than 150 yards from a fence that separates property owned by
one person from property owned by another person; or
(2) hunt from or use a hunting blind or wildlife feeder
that is less than 150 yards from a fence that separates property
owned by one person from property owned by another person.
(c) This section does not apply to:
(1) a landowner who possesses a written agreement with
an adjoining landowner that allows the placement of a hunting blind
or wildlife feeder less than 150 yards from a common fence or
boundary shared by the landowners; or
(2) a person hunting from or using a hunting blind or
wildlife feeder at a location that is allowed under a written
agreement between adjoining landowners.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.