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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 game. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sec. 62.021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), no person may |
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sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, or possess after |
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purchase a wild bird, game bird, or game animal, dead or alive, or |
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part of the bird or animal. |
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(b) This section applies only to a bird or animal protected |
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by this code without regard to whether the bird or animal is taken |
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or killed in this state. |
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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) an inedible part lawfully taken or possessed, |
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including the feathers, bones, or feet of a non-migratory game |
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bird; hair, hide, antlers, bones, hooves, horns, skulls, or sinew |
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of a deer, pronghorn antelope, desert bighorn sheep, javelina, or |
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red or gray squirrel; or |
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(3) the feathers of a migratory game bird in |
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accordance with federal law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |