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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the criminal penalty for capturing, transporting, or |
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transplanting white-tailed or mule deer without a permit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.062, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.062. PENALTIES [PENALTY]. (a) Except as provided |
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by Subsection (b), a [A] person who violates any provision of this |
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subchapter or the terms of a permit issued under this subchapter |
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commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code |
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misdemeanor. |
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(b) A person who violates Section 43.061(a) by |
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intentionally capturing, transporting, or transplanting a |
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white-tailed or mule deer without obtaining the required permit or |
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by intentionally violating one or more terms of the permit commits |
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an offense that is a Parks and Wildlife Code state jail felony. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in the law made by this Act apply |
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only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before |
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the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
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before that date. An offense committed before the effective date of |
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this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was |
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committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |