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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.003(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) An agreement must provide that a resident of the border |
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state who has a sport fishing license or a hunting license issued by |
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the border state may fish or hunt migratory waterfowl on rivers and |
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lakes of the common border, and a Texas resident holding a Texas |
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license is extended equal privileges. A person who holds a |
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nonresident sport fishing license or a nonresident general hunting |
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license issued by this state or a border state may be extended the |
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same privileges as those extended a resident license holder under |
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this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 42.005(a), (b), and (e), Parks and |
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Wildlife Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) No nonresident in this state may hunt a mule deer, |
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white-tailed deer, turkey, pronghorn antelope, [or] desert bighorn |
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sheep, or alligator in this state without first having acquired a |
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nonresident general [nonresident] hunting license. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), no nonresident may |
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hunt any bird or animal in this state without first having acquired |
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a nonresident general [nonresident] hunting license[, a |
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nonresident special hunting license,] or a nonresident five-day |
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[special] hunting license. |
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(e) A nonresident may not acquire or possess during a |
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license year[: |
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[(1)] more than one nonresident general [spring |
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turkey] hunting license[; or |
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[(2) a general nonresident hunting license and a |
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nonresident spring turkey hunting license]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.0141, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0141. NONRESIDENT GENERAL [NONRESIDENT] HUNTING |
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LICENSE FEE. The fee for a nonresident general [nonresident] |
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hunting license is $100.75 or an amount set by the commission, |
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whichever amount is more. |
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SECTION 4. Section 42.0143, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0143. NONRESIDENT FIVE-DAY [SPECIAL] HUNTING |
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LICENSE. (a) A nonresident five-day hunting license is not valid |
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for a mule deer, white-tailed deer, turkey, pronghorn antelope, |
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desert bighorn sheep, or alligator. |
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(b) A nonresident five-day [special] hunting license is |
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valid for five consecutive days. |
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(c) A nonresident may acquire multiple nonresident five-day |
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hunting licenses during a license year. |
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(d) The fee for a nonresident five-day hunting [the] license |
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is set by the commission in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the |
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amount of the fee set for a nonresident general [special] hunting |
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license. |
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SECTION 5. Section 42.0175(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A license issued under this chapter, other than a |
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lifetime resident hunting license or a nonresident five-day |
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[special] hunting license, is valid only during the yearly period |
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for which the license is issued without regard to the date on which |
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a license is acquired. Each yearly period begins on September 1 or |
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on another date set by the commission and extends through August 31 |
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of the next year or another date set by the commission. A license |
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issued under this chapter other than a nonresident five-day |
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[special] hunting license that is issued before September 1 or |
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another date set by the commission and does not expire until August |
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31 of the next year or another date set by the commission is valid |
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from the date of issuance through August 31 of the following year or |
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another date set by the commission. The commission by rule may set |
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the amount of a license fee for a license issued during a transition |
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period at an amount lower than prescribed in this chapter and |
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provide for a license term for a transition period that is shorter |
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or longer than a year. |
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SECTION 6. Section 42.022(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) This section does not apply to the acquisition and |
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possession by a nonresident of more than one nonresident hunting |
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license if the nonresident does not acquire or possess during a |
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license year[: |
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[(1)] more than one nonresident[: |
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[(A)] general hunting license[; or |
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[(B) spring turkey hunting license; or |
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[(2) both a nonresident general hunting license and a |
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nonresident spring turkey hunting license]. |
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SECTION 7. Section 49.010(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A nonresident may hunt by means of falconry if the |
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nonresident possesses on the nonresident's person: |
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(1) a federal falconry permit; |
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(2) a falconry permit issued in the person's state of |
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residence; and |
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(3) a nonresident general hunting license and any |
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applicable stamps. |
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SECTION 8. The following provisions of the Parks and |
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Wildlife Code are repealed: |
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(1) Section 42.005(d); |
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(2) Section 42.014; |
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(3) Section 42.0142; and |
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(4) Section 42.0144. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |