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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to using a boat or other floating device to hunt along |
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certain parts of Big Sandy Creek in Wood County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 62.013(b) and (c), Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A person who violates Section 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, |
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62.0065, or 62.011(c), [or 350.001,] or a rule adopted under |
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Section 62.0065 commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and |
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Wildlife Code misdemeanor, unless it is shown at the trial of the |
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defendant for a violation of that section or rule, as appropriate, |
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that the defendant has been convicted one or more times before the |
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trial date of a violation of that section or rule, as appropriate, |
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in which case the offense is a Parks and Wildlife Code state jail |
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felony. |
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(c) In addition to the punishments provided in Subsections |
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(a) and (b), a person who violates Section 62.003, 62.004, 62.005, |
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62.0065, or 62.011(c), [or 350.001,] or a rule adopted under |
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Section 62.0065 is punishable by the revocation or suspension under |
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Section 12.5015 of hunting and fishing licenses and permits. |
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SECTION 2. Section 350.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |