Amend SB 700 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 43.621(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  The department shall establish a program for the issuance of permits under this subchapter. In accordance with that program, the department shall [may] issue a permit for the management of the wild mule deer population to each applicant who satisfies the requirements for a permit.

SECTION ____. (a) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall adopt rules to implement Section 43.621(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2022.

(b)  A person is not required to hold a permit for the management of the wild mule deer population as required under Subchapter R-1, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife Code, before January 1, 2023.