| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to certain exceptions to the prohibition on hunting from a |
|
|
public road or right-of-way. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 62.0031(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(b) This section does not apply to: |
|
|
(1) the trapping of a raptor for educational or |
|
|
sporting purposes as provided by Chapter 49; or |
|
|
(2) the capture, trapping, or hunting of a reptile, |
|
|
amphibian, or insect. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Conduct prohibited by Section 62.0031, Parks and |
|
|
Wildlife Code, that involves the capture, trapping, or hunting of a |
|
|
reptile, amphibian, or insect may not be prosecuted after the |
|
|
effective date of this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a |
|
|
criminal action is pending for conduct prohibited by Section |
|
|
62.0031 and described by this section, the action is dismissed on |
|
|
that date. However, a final conviction for conduct prohibited by |
|
|
Section 62.0031 and described by this section that exists on the |
|
|
effective date of this Act is unaffected by this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |