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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to hunting licenses for nonresidents who own real property |
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in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: |
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(2-a) "Nonresident landowner" means a nonresident who |
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owns real property in this state. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 42.002, Parks and |
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Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.002. RESIDENT OR NONRESIDENT LANDOWNER LICENSE |
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REQUIRED; EXEMPTION. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 42.002(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c) [of this
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section], no resident or nonresident landowner may hunt any bird or |
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animal in this state without having acquired a hunting license. |
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(b) A resident or nonresident landowner possessing a valid |
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[resident] trapper's license or fur-bearing animal propagation |
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permit is not required to have a license issued under this section |
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to take or possess the species covered by the license or permit. |
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SECTION 4. Section 42.0021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0021. LIFETIME RESIDENT OR NONRESIDENT LANDOWNER |
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HUNTING LICENSE. The department may issue to residents or |
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nonresident landowners of this state a lifetime resident or |
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nonresident landowner hunting license. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 42.005(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) No nonresident in this state may hunt a mule deer, |
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white-tailed deer, turkey, pronghorn antelope, or desert bighorn |
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sheep in this state without first having acquired a general |
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nonresident hunting license or a nonresident landowner hunting |
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license. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), no nonresident may |
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hunt any bird or animal in this state without first having acquired |
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a general nonresident hunting license, a nonresident special |
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hunting license, [or] a nonresident five-day special hunting |
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license, or a nonresident landowner hunting license. |
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SECTION 6. The heading to Section 42.012, Parks and |
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Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.012. RESIDENT OR NONRESIDENT LANDOWNER LICENSE |
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FEE. |
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SECTION 7. Sections 42.012(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The fee for a resident or nonresident landowner hunting |
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license is $8 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount |
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is more. |
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(b) The commission may set a lower fee or waive the fee or |
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license requirement for a resident or nonresident landowner who is |
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under 17 years old, 65 years old or older, or participating in an |
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event that is sponsored or co-sponsored by the Texas Parks and |
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Wildlife Department with the approval of the executive director. |
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The commission shall waive the fee for a qualified disabled veteran |
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and for a resident on active duty as a member of the United States |
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military forces. |
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SECTION 8. Section 42.0121, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0121. LIFETIME RESIDENT OR NONRESIDENT LANDOWNER |
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HUNTING LICENSE FEE. The fee for a lifetime resident or |
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nonresident landowner hunting license is $300 or an amount set by |
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the commission, whichever amount is more. |
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SECTION 9. Section 42.0175(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A license issued under this chapter, other than a |
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lifetime resident or nonresident landowner hunting license or a |
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nonresident five-day special hunting license is valid only during |
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the yearly period for which the license is issued without regard to |
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the date on which a license is acquired. Each yearly period begins |
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on September 1 or on another date set by the commission and extends |
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through August 31 of the next year or another date set by the |
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commission. A license issued under this chapter other than a |
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nonresident five-day special hunting license that is issued before |
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September 1 or another date set by the commission and does not |
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expire until August 31 of the next year or another date set by the |
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commission is valid from the date of issuance through August 31 of |
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the following year or another date set by the commission. The |
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commission by rule may set the amount of a license fee for a license |
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issued during a transition period at an amount lower than |
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prescribed in this chapter and provide for a license term for a |
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transition period that is shorter or longer than a year. |
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SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |