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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the discharge of firearms in certain navigable rivers |
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or streams. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 284.001(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies only to a navigable river or stream |
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located wholly or partly in Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kenedy, Kleberg, |
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Llano, Maverick, Nueces, Real, Uvalde, or Zavala County. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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For the purpose of this section, an offense is committed before the |
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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. |