Bill Text: TX HB18 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to restricting the sale of state-owned longhorn cattle in Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-29 - Filed [HB18 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB18-Introduced.html
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By: Anderson | H.B. No. 18 |
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relating to restricting the sale of state-owned longhorn cattle in | ||
Big Bend Ranch State Park. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter U to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER U. BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK | ||
Sec. 22.271. RESTRICTION ON SELLING LONGHORN CATTLE IN BIG | ||
BEND RANCH STATE PARK. (a) The department may not reduce the size | ||
of a herd of longhorn cattle by selling longhorn cattle owned by the | ||
state and located in Big Bend Ranch State Park unless the cattle | ||
remain in the park after the sale. | ||
(b) This section does not prohibit: | ||
(1) the sale of longhorn calves and heifers if the | ||
number of breeding stock is not reduced; or | ||
(2) the sale of cattle to replace breeding stock as | ||
necessary to maintain the size of the herd or to prevent inbreeding. | ||
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |