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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to deer breeder operations; providing penalties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 43.3511 to read as follows: |
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Section 43.3511. OWNER OF DEER. (a) A deer purchased by a |
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deer breeder in accordance with this subchapter or a deer born in |
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the deer breeder's facility in accordance with this subchapter is |
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the personal property of the deer breeder. |
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(b) To the extent of a conflict, this section controls over |
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Section 1.011 or 1.013. |
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(c) Any deer released into the wild from a deer breeding |
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facility is no longer personal property and becomes property of the |
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state. |
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d. Any deer which escapes from a deer breeder facility, or |
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escapes in transit between deer breeder facilities, and is not |
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recaptured within 48 hours, is no longer personal property and |
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becomes property of the state. |
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(e). Any person who releases a deer from a deer breeder |
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facility without authorization to do so may be charged with theft on |
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a complaint made by the owner of the deer at the time it was |
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released. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to all |
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inspections, investigations or actions that take place on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. An inspection, investigation or |
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action taken before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this |
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Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |