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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restricting the sale of state-owned longhorn cattle in |
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Big Bend Ranch State Park. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter U to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER U. BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK |
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Sec. 22.271. RESTRICTION ON SELLING LONGHORN CATTLE IN BIG |
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BEND RANCH STATE PARK. (a) The department may not reduce the size |
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of a herd of longhorn cattle by selling longhorn cattle owned by the |
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state and located in Big Bend Ranch State Park unless the cattle |
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remain in the park after the sale. |
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(b) This section does not prohibit: |
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(1) the sale of longhorn calves and heifers if the |
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number of breeding stock is not reduced; or |
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(2) the sale of cattle to replace breeding stock as |
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necessary to maintain the size of the herd or to prevent inbreeding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |