Bill Text: TX HB3081 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of digital tags for the taking of certain animals.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3081 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3081-Introduced.html

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87R10135 MP-D
By: Krause H.B. No. 3081

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of digital tags for the taking of certain
animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
by adding Section 42.0101 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0101. DIGITAL TAGS. (a) The department shall
develop and implement a program for the issuance of digital tags for
animals, including birds, to holders of hunting licenses
authorizing the taking of those animals.
(b) A program developed under this section must:
(1) provide for the issuance of digital tags to the
holder of a hunting license;
(2) allow the holder of a hunting license to create a
digital record at the time of the taking of an animal that includes:
(A) the date and location of the taking;
(B) a clear photograph of the carcass of the
taken animal; and
(C) any other information required by the
department; and
(3) require the holder of a hunting license to upload
to the department, through a mobile application, the digital record
created under Subdivision (2) as soon as possible after the taking
of the animal.
(c) A person using a digital tag must retain in the person's
possession the digital record created under Subsection (b) at all
times before the carcass is finally processed.
(d) Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference
under this code to a tag includes a digital tag issued under a
program developed under this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2022, the Parks and
Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
Section 42.0101, Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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.