Bill Text: TX HB2618 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the noncommercial taking of shrimp using mechanical means by a person with a disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB2618 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2618-Introduced.html
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| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 2618 | |
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| relating to the noncommercial taking of shrimp using mechanical | ||
| means by a person with a disability. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 66, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 66.0045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 66.0045. NONCOMMERCIAL TAKING OF SHRIMP USING | ||
| MECHANICAL MEANS BY PERSON WITH DISABILITY. (a) A rule or | ||
| proclamation of the commission that prohibits the noncommercial | ||
| taking of shrimp using mechanical means must provide an exemption | ||
| from the prohibition for a person who has a documented disability | ||
| that prevents the person from taking shrimp, or substantially | ||
| impairs the person's ability to take shrimp, without using | ||
| mechanical means. | ||
| (b) The rule or proclamation described by Subsection (a) | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) establish eligibility criteria and procedures for | ||
| the exemption; and | ||
| (2) specify the mechanical means by which shrimp may | ||
| be taken under the exemption. | ||
| (c) For purposes of this section, the taking of shrimp by | ||
| mechanical means includes the taking of shrimp using electronic, | ||
| hydraulic, or motorized means. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
