Bill Text: TX HB1178 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notice of inspections of certain deer facilities by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB1178 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1178-Introduced.html

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86R8859 AAF-F
By: Bailes H.B. No. 1178

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of inspections of certain deer facilities by the
Parks and Wildlife Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 43.358, 43.604, and 43.624, Parks and
Wildlife Code, are amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.358. INSPECTION; NOTICE. (a) An authorized
employee of the department may inspect [at any time and without
warrant]:
(1) any pen, coop, or enclosure holding white-tailed
deer or mule deer; or
(2) any records required to be maintained under
Section 43.359(a).
(b) The department shall give a deer breeder notice of an
inspection not later than the third day before the date of the
inspection. Notice may be made by telephone or sent electronically
or as an electronic message on a wireless communication device.
Sec. 43.604. INSPECTION; NOTICE. (a) An authorized
employee of the department may inspect [at any time without
warrant] the records required by Section 43.605 and the acreage for
which the permit is issued for the purpose of determining the permit
holder's compliance with the management plan.
(b) The department shall give a permit holder notice of an
inspection not later than the third day before the date of the
inspection. Notice may be made by telephone or sent electronically
or as an electronic message on a wireless communication device.
Sec. 43.624. INSPECTION; NOTICE. (a) An authorized
employee of the department may inspect [at any time without
warrant] the records required by Section 43.625 and the acreage for
which the permit is issued for the purpose of determining the permit
holder's compliance with the management plan.
(b) The department shall give a permit holder notice of an
inspection not later than the third day before the date of the
inspection. Notice may be made by telephone or sent electronically
or as an electronic message on a wireless communication device.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.