By: Flores S.B. No. 1236

(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2023; March 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs; March 28, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 28, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1236 By: Flores

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or stream in certain counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 284, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 284. CHILDRESS, COTTLE, DIMMIT, EDWARDS, FOARD, FRIO,

HALL, KENEDY, LAMPASAS, LLANO, MAVERICK, MOTLEY, REAL, UVALDE, AND

ZAVALA COUNTIES

SECTION 2. The heading to Section 284.001, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 284.001. USE OF CERTAIN WEAPONS IN OR ON BED OR BANK OF NAVIGABLE RIVER OR STREAM [DISCHARGE OF FIREARM] PROHIBITED.

SECTION 3. Section 284.001(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) This section applies only to a navigable river or stream located wholly or partly in Childress, Cottle, Dimmit, Edwards, Foard, Frio, Hall, Kenedy, Lampasas, Llano, Maverick, Motley, Real, Uvalde, or Zavala County.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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