Bill Text: TX SB1239 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the taking of wildlife by a person on the person's property for purposes of disease diagnosis, management, or prevention.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB1239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1239-Introduced.html
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| By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1239 | |
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| relating to the taking of wildlife by a person on the person's | ||
| property for purposes of disease diagnosis, management, or | ||
| prevention. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 12.013, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A person who is not a department employee, or the | ||
| person's agent who is not a department employee, may take wildlife | ||
| on the person's property if the person: | ||
| (1) has written authorization from the department; and | ||
| (2) is participating: | ||
| (A) under the supervision of a department | ||
| employee; and | ||
| (B) in a program or event conducted for the | ||
| diagnosis, management, or prevention of a disease in wildlife, as | ||
| designated by the director. | ||
| (d) The commission may adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
