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AN ACT
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relating to the use of crossbows for hunting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.201(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), no person |
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may hunt deer, turkey, or javelina (collared peccary) during an |
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open archery season provided by law or by the proclamations of the |
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commission and during which season only crossbows, [used by hunters
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with upper limb disabilities and] longbows, recurved bows, and |
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compound bows may be used unless the person has acquired an archery |
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hunting stamp issued to the person by the department. The |
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commission by rule may prescribe requirements relating to |
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possessing a stamp required by this subchapter. In a county that |
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does not permit hunting with a firearm, a hunter may use a crossbow |
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only if the hunter is a person with upper limb disabilities and has |
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an archery hunting stamp. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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proceeding regarding hunting with a crossbow that is pending or |
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filed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 968 was passed by the House on March |
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26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 968 on May 14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 968 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 11, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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2. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |