Bill Text: TX HB3535 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the taking of certain feral hogs and coyotes using a hot air balloon.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3535 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3535-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3535 | ||
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| relating to the taking of certain feral hogs and coyotes using a hot | ||
| air balloon. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 43.1076 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.1076. USING HOT AIR BALLOONS TO TAKE CERTAIN | ||
| ANIMALS. A qualified landowner or landowner's agent, as determined | ||
| by commission rule, may contract to participate as a hunter or | ||
| observer in using a hot air balloon to take depredating feral hogs | ||
| or coyotes under the authority of a permit issued under this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules as | ||
| necessary to implement Section 43.1076, Parks and Wildlife Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3535 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3535 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
