AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Current law provides a defense to prosecution for the discharge of a firearm across a property line if the person has a certain written agreement with a property owner. Interested parties contend that the written agreement should include contact information. H.B. 3390 seeks to address this issue.
H.B. 3390 amends current law relating to a written agreement concerning a projectile discharged from a firearm that travels across a property line and amends a provision subject to a criminal penalty.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 62.0121(d), Parks and Wildlife Code, to require that the written agreement required under Subsection (c)(2) (relating to a written agreement that a person may discharge a firearm on either side of the shared property line) contain the name, telephone number, and mailing address of the person allowed to hunt or engage in recreational shooting in a manner described by Subsection (b) (providing that a person commits an offense if the person knowingly discharges a firearm across a property line).
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2015.