Bill Text: TX HB401 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the discharge of a firearm or fishing with certain archery equipment in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or stream in certain counties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB401 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB401-Introduced.html

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83R3001 SLB-D
By: Aycock H.B. No. 401

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the discharge of a firearm or fishing with certain
archery equipment in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or
stream in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 284, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 284. BELL, BURNET, DIMMIT, EDWARDS, FRIO, KENEDY,
LAMPASAS, LLANO, MAVERICK, REAL, UVALDE, AND ZAVALA COUNTIES
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 284.001, Parks and
Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 284.001. DISCHARGE OF FIREARM AND FISHING WITH CERTAIN
ARCHERY EQUIPMENT PROHIBITED.
SECTION 3. Section 284.001(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) This section applies only to a navigable river or stream
located wholly or partly in Bell, Burnet, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio,
Kenedy, Lampasas, Llano, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, or Zavala County.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.