Bill Text: TX SB317 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB317 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB317-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 317

AN ACT
relating to the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.002(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A resident landowner or any person, with the consent of
the landowner, [the landowner's agent or lessee] may take feral
hogs [causing depredation] on the resident landowner's land without
having acquired a hunting license.
SECTION 2. Section 42.005(f), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A nonresident landowner or any person, with the consent
of the landowner, [the landowner's agent or lessee] may take feral
hogs [causing depredation] on the nonresident landowner's land
without having acquired a hunting license required by this chapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 317 passed the Senate on
April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 317 passed the House on
May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor