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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to proof of title to breeding deer for certain purposes of |
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deer breeding operations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 43.024, Parks and |
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Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subchapter L, all [All] protected |
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wildlife collected and subsequently held under this subchapter or |
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rules adopted under this subchapter remain the property of the |
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state and shall be relinquished to the department or an agent of the |
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department on demand or otherwise disposed of in a manner |
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prescribed by the department. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 43.3561, Agriculture |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.3561. IDENTIFICATION OF BREEDER DEER; TITLE FOR |
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CERTAIN PURPOSES. |
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SECTION 3. Section 43.3561, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: |
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(d) The deer breeder holding a breeder deer under a deer |
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breeder's permit issued by the department under this subchapter has |
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title to the deer only for the following purposes: |
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(1) to participate in an indemnity program offered by |
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the United States Department of Agriculture; and |
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(2) to allow for the passage of title to the deer on |
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the death of the deer breeder or on the sale, transfer, barter, or |
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exchange of a breeder deer. |
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(e) The tag or any written or photocopied document of any |
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nature containing the alphanumeric number described by Subsection |
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(a) may serve as proof of title to a breeder deer for purposes of |
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Subsection (d). |
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(f) Subsection (d) does not alter the authority of the |
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department over breeder deer. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |