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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.