Bill Text: TX HB1781 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the propagation of breeder deer by cloning.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Postponed 11/7/21 10:00 AM [HB1781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1781-Comm_Sub.html
87R6982 MP-D | ||
By: Krause, Martinez | H.B. No. 1781 |
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relating to the propagation of breeder deer by cloning. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.357, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The holder of a valid deer breeder's permit may: | ||
(1) engage in the business of breeding breeder deer, | ||
including the propagation of breeder deer by cloning, in the | ||
immediate locality for which the permit was issued; and | ||
(2) sell, transfer to another person, or hold in | ||
captivity live breeder deer for the purpose of propagation or sale. | ||
(b) The commission may make regulations governing: | ||
(1) the possession of breeder deer held under the | ||
authority of this subchapter; | ||
(2) the recapture of lawfully possessed breeder deer | ||
that have escaped from the facility of a deer breeder; | ||
(3) permit applications and fees; | ||
(4) reporting requirements; | ||
(5) procedures and requirements for the purchase, | ||
transfer, sale, or shipment of breeder deer; | ||
(6) the endorsement of a deer breeder facility by a | ||
certified wildlife biologist; | ||
(7) the number of breeder deer that a deer breeder may | ||
possess; [ |
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(8) the dates for which a deer breeder permit is valid; | ||
and | ||
(9) the propagation of breeder deer by cloning. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |