Bill Text: TX HB2138 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the search for and rescue of victims of water-oriented accidents.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2138-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2138 | ||
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| relating to the search for and rescue of victims of water-oriented | ||
| accidents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.121, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection | ||
| (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Game warden" means a person who is commissioned | ||
| as a game warden by the commission. | ||
| (2) "State military forces" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 431.001, Government Code. | ||
| (a-1) All peace officers of this state and game wardens | ||
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| enforcement officers by the department to enforce the provisions of | ||
| this chapter by arresting and taking into custody any person who | ||
| commits any act or offense prohibited by this chapter or who | ||
| violates any provision of this chapter. | ||
| (e) State military forces may assist game [ |
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| water-oriented accidents. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2138 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2138 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
