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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing recreational metal detecting in designated |
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areas of state parks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.0525, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) This section does not apply to recreational metal |
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detecting in designated areas of state parks. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 13.1021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.1021. REGULATION OF RECREATIONAL METAL DETECTING IN |
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STATE PARKS. (a) The department shall allow recreational metal |
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detecting in designated areas of state parks subject to rules |
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adopted by the commission. |
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(b) This section does not authorize the removal from state |
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park land of any object, implement, or artifact the removal of which |
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is prohibited under Chapter 191, Natural Resources Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2008. |