Amend HB 3977 (House Committee Printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 43.062, Parks and Wildlife Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.062. PENALTIES [PENALTY]. (a) Except as provided
by Subsection (b), a [A] person who violates any provision of this
subchapter or the terms of a permit issued under this subchapter
commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code
misdemeanor.
(b) A person who violates Section 43.061(a) by
intentionally capturing, transporting, or transplanting a
white-tailed or mule deer without obtaining the required permit or
by intentionally violating one or more terms of the permit commits
an offense that is a Parks and Wildlife Code state jail felony.
(b) Section 43.062, Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended by
this section, applies only to an offense committed on or after the
effective date of this Act. For purposes of this subsection, an
offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
element of the offense occurs before that date. An offense
committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.