Bill Text: TX SB588 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting certain deer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs [SB588 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB588-Introduced.html
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By: Uresti | S.B. No. 588 |
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relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe | ||
of Texas hunting certain deer. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.001(1), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Resident" means: | ||
(A) an individual who has resided continuously in | ||
this state for more than six months immediately before applying for | ||
a hunting license; | ||
(B) a member of the United States armed forces on | ||
active duty; | ||
(C) a dependent of a member of the United States | ||
armed forces on active duty; [ |
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(D) a member of any other category of individuals | ||
that the commission by regulation designates as residents; or | ||
(E) a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of | ||
Texas who possesses documentation of membership sanctioned by the | ||
Bureau of Indian Affairs. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.021. TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROHIBITED. (a) | ||
Except as provided by Subsection (b) or permitted under a | ||
proclamation issued by the commission under this chapter, no person | ||
may hunt, catch, or possess a game bird or game animal, fish, marine | ||
animal, or other aquatic life at any time or in any place covered by | ||
this chapter. | ||
(b) A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of | ||
Texas who holds a license under Section 42.002 may hunt antlerless | ||
white-tailed deer for religious ceremonial purposes on any day of | ||
the year between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour | ||
after sunset. A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional | ||
Tribe of Texas hunting antlerless white-tailed deer under this | ||
subsection shall: | ||
(1) comply with all other provisions of this code and | ||
proclamations adopted under this code; | ||
(2) notify a local game warden, deputy game warden, or | ||
special game warden at least 24 hours before hunting antlerless | ||
white-tailed deer during an otherwise closed season under the game | ||
laws of this state; and | ||
(3) obtain explicit permission from the landowner | ||
before hunting antlerless white-tailed deer during an otherwise | ||
closed season under the game laws of this state on that landowner's | ||
privately owned property. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 61.057(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Section 61.021 and [ |
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antelope in this state without first having acquired an antlerless | ||
deer or antelope permit issued by the department on a form provided | ||
by the department. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |