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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe |
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of Texas hunting certain deer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.001(1), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Resident" means: |
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(A) an individual who has resided continuously in |
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this state for more than six months immediately before applying for |
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a hunting license; |
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(B) a member of the United States armed forces on |
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active duty; |
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(C) a dependent of a member of the United States |
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armed forces on active duty; |
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(D) if approved by the director, a terminally ill |
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individual who is participating in an event sponsored by a |
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charitable nonprofit organization; [or] |
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(E) a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of |
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Texas who possesses documentation of membership sanctioned by the |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs; or |
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(F) a member of any other category of individuals |
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that the commission by regulation designates as residents. |
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SECTION 2. Section 61.021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.021. TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROHIBITED. (a) |
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Except as provided by Subsection (b) or permitted under a |
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proclamation issued by the commission under this chapter, no person |
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may hunt, catch, or possess a game bird or game animal, fish, marine |
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animal, or other aquatic life at any time or in any place covered by |
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this chapter. |
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(b) A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of |
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Texas who holds a license under Section 42.002 may hunt antlerless |
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white-tailed deer for religious ceremonial purposes on any day of |
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the year between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour |
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after sunset. A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional |
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Tribe of Texas hunting antlerless white-tailed deer under this |
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subsection shall: |
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(1) comply with all other provisions of this code and |
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proclamations adopted under this code; and |
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(2) notify a local game warden, deputy game warden, or |
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special game warden at least 24 hours before hunting antlerless |
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white-tailed deer at a time of the year when a person who holds a |
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license under Section 42.002 but who is not a documented member of |
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the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas may not hunt antlerless |
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white-tailed deer. |
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SECTION 3. Section 61.057(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 61.021 and [in] Subsection |
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(c) [of this section], no person may hunt an antlerless deer or |
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antelope in this state without first having acquired an antlerless |
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deer or antelope permit issued by the department on a form provided |
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by the department. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |