Bill Text: TX HB2618 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the noncommercial taking of shrimp using mechanical means by a person with a disability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB2618 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2618-Introduced.html
  88R10364 MP-D
 
  By: Vasut H.B. No. 2618
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the noncommercial taking of shrimp using mechanical
  means by a person with a disability.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 66, Parks and Wildlife
  Code, is amended by adding Section 66.0045 to read as follows:
         Sec. 66.0045.  NONCOMMERCIAL TAKING OF SHRIMP USING
  MECHANICAL MEANS BY PERSON WITH DISABILITY. (a) A rule or
  proclamation of the commission that prohibits the noncommercial
  taking of shrimp using mechanical means must provide an exemption
  from the prohibition for a person who has a documented disability
  that prevents the person from taking shrimp, or substantially
  impairs the person's ability to take shrimp, without using
  mechanical means.
         (b)  The rule or proclamation described by Subsection (a)
  must:
               (1)  establish eligibility criteria and procedures for
  the exemption; and
               (2)  specify the mechanical means by which shrimp may
  be taken under the exemption.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, the taking of shrimp by
  mechanical means includes the taking of shrimp using electronic,
  hydraulic, or motorized means.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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