Bill Text: TX HB1631 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to manage wildlife and exotic animals from aircraft; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Left pending in committee [HB1631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1631-Engrossed.html
| 87R5729 BEE-D | ||
| By: Guerra, Raney, Darby | H.B. No. 1631 | |
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| relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to | ||
| manage wildlife and exotic animals from aircraft; authorizing a | ||
| fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 43.1055 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.1055. MAP SUBMITTED WITH PERMIT APPLICATION. (a) | ||
| In this section, "georeferenced map" means a map image | ||
| incorporating a system of geographic ground coordinates, including | ||
| latitude and longitude and Universal Transverse Mercator | ||
| coordinates. | ||
| (b) Except as described by Subsection (d), an applicant for | ||
| a permit under this subchapter shall submit with the application: | ||
| (1) either: | ||
| (A) a georeferenced map in a format prescribed by | ||
| the department showing the exact boundaries of the property where | ||
| the management of wildlife or exotic animals is to be performed; or | ||
| (B) a map in a format prescribed by the | ||
| department clearly indicating the location and boundaries of the | ||
| property where the management of wildlife or exotic animals is to be | ||
| performed and the fee established by the commission under | ||
| Subsection (c); and | ||
| (2) a signed, written statement stating that the map | ||
| or georeferenced map provided under Subdivision (1) is true and | ||
| correct. | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall establish a fee in an | ||
| amount reasonably necessary to cover the cost of converting a map | ||
| described by Subsection (b)(1)(B) to a georeferenced map. | ||
| (d) The department shall maintain a record of all maps | ||
| submitted under this section. The department may not require an | ||
| applicant to submit a map of a property for which a map has | ||
| previously been submitted under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
