79R1985 SGA-D

By:  Miller                                                       H.B. No. 560



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the placement of traps, deer stands, hunting blinds, 
wildlife feeders, and other hunting devices.
	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 OF HUNTING DEVICES 
PROHIBITED.  (a)  In this section, "hunting blind" means a temporary 
or permanent structure designed to wholly or partly conceal a 
person from view while the person hunts.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person may not 
place or build a hunting device, including a trap, deer stand, 
hunting blind, or wildlife feeder, less than 200 feet from a line 
that separates property owned by one person from property owned by 
another person.
	(c)  This section does not apply to a landowner who possesses 
a written agreement with an adjoining landowner that allows the 
placement of a hunting device described by Subsection (b) less than 
200 feet from a common boundary shared by the landowners.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.