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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale or purchase of certain parts of game animals or |
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birds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.021(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) This section does not prohibit the sale of: |
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(1) a live game animal, a dead or live game bird, or |
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the feathers of a game bird if the sale is conducted under authority |
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of a license or permit issued under this code; or |
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(2) the following inedible parts: |
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(A) an inedible part, including the feathers, |
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bones, or feet, of a game bird other than a migratory game bird that |
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was lawfully taken or is lawfully possessed; |
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(B) the hair, hide, antlers, bones, horns, skull, |
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hooves, or sinew, as applicable, of a deer, pronghorn antelope, |
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desert bighorn sheep, collared peccary or javelina, red squirrel, |
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or gray squirrel; or |
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(C) the feathers of a migratory game bird in |
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accordance with federal law. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to any |
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sale of inedible parts of an animal or bird occurring on or after |
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the effective date of this Act, regardless of the date the parts |
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were acquired by the seller. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |