Bill Text: TX SB275 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain exceptions to the prohibition on hunting from a public road or right-of-way.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-31 - Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs [SB275 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB275-Introduced.html
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| By: Uresti | S.B. No. 275 | |
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| relating to certain exceptions to the prohibition on hunting from a | ||
| public road or right-of-way. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 62.0031(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) the trapping of a raptor for educational or | ||
| sporting purposes as provided by Chapter 49; or | ||
| (2) the capture, trapping, or hunting of a reptile, | ||
| amphibian, or insect. | ||
| SECTION 2. Conduct prohibited by Section 62.0031, Parks and | ||
| Wildlife Code, that involves the capture, trapping, or hunting of a | ||
| reptile, amphibian, or insect may not be prosecuted after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a | ||
| criminal action is pending for conduct prohibited by Section | ||
| 62.0031 and described by this section, the action is dismissed on | ||
| that date. However, a final conviction for conduct prohibited by | ||
| Section 62.0031 and described by this section that exists on the | ||
| effective date of this Act is unaffected 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, 2011. | ||
