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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing a deer breeder to process as venison or sell |
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for processing as venison certain breeder deer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 43.357(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The holder of a valid deer breeder's permit may: |
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(1) engage in the business of breeding breeder deer in |
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the immediate locality for which the permit was issued; [and] |
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(2) sell, transfer to another person, or hold in |
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captivity live breeder deer for the purpose of propagation or sale; |
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and |
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(3) process and sell as venison or sell for processing |
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and sale as venison any breeder deer not needed for propagation. |
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(b) The commission may make regulations governing: |
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(1) the possession of breeder deer held under the |
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authority of this subchapter; |
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(2) the recapture of lawfully possessed breeder deer |
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that have escaped from the facility of a deer breeder; |
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(3) permit applications and fees; |
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(4) reporting requirements; |
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(5) procedures and requirements for the purchase, |
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transfer, sale, or shipment of breeder deer; |
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(6) the endorsement of a deer breeder facility by a |
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certified wildlife biologist; |
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(7) the number of breeder deer that a deer breeder may |
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possess; [and] |
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(8) the dates for which a deer breeder permit is valid; |
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and |
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(9) procedures for the processing and sale as venison |
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or sale for processing as venison of breeder deer not needed for |
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propagation, including procedures for determining whether a |
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breeder deer is not needed for propagation. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.362(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subchapter C or by a rule adopted |
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by the commission under this subchapter, no person may purchase, |
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obtain, sell, transfer, or accept in this state a live breeder deer |
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unless the person obtains a transfer permit from the department. |
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This subsection does not apply to a breeder deer not needed for |
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propagation that is sold for processing as venison in accordance |
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with Section 43.357. |
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SECTION 3. Section 43.364, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.364. USE OF BREEDER DEER. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), breeder [Breeder] deer may be purchased, sold, |
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transferred, or received in this state only for the purposes of |
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liberation or holding for propagation. All breeder deer and |
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increase from breeder deer are under the full force of the laws of |
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this state pertaining to deer, and those breeder deer may be held in |
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captivity for propagation in this state only after a deer breeder's |
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permit is issued by the department under this subchapter. |
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(b) Live breeder deer not needed for propagation may be |
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processed as venison or sold to be processed as venison in |
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accordance with Section 43.357. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |