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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the collection for human consumption of certain |
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wildlife killed in an unintentional motor vehicle collision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.0031(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) the trapping of a raptor for educational or |
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sporting purposes as provided by Chapter 49; [or] |
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(2) an employee of the department taking wildlife as |
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provided by Section 12.013(c); or |
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(3) a person collecting a wild animal or bird killed in |
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an unintentional motor vehicle collision as provided by Section |
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62.0032. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 62.0032 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 62.0032. CERTAIN WILDLIFE KILLED IN UNINTENTIONAL |
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MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION. (a) In this section, "edible condition" |
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means fit for human consumption. The term does not include a wild |
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animal or wild bird that is decayed or rotting or obviously infected |
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or diseased. |
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(b) A person may collect for the purpose of human |
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consumption a wild animal or wild bird that was killed in an |
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unintentional motor vehicle collision on a public road or |
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right-of-way if: |
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(1) the animal or bird is in edible condition; and |
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(2) the person collects the animal or bird in |
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accordance with applicable commission rules adopted under |
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Subsection (c). |
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(c) The commission by rule may: |
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(1) specify additional procedures and requirements |
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for the collection of a wild animal or wild bird under this section; |
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and |
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(2) limit the species or class of wild animals or wild |
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birds that may be collected under this section. |
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SECTION 3. Section 62.0031, Parks and Wildlife Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an |
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offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any |
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element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027. |