Bill Text: TX SB722 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to a fee for participation in the Managed Lands Deer Program of the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB722 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB722-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Perry S.B. No. 722
(Frullo)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a fee for participation in the Managed Lands Deer
Program of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.028 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.028. MANAGED LANDS DEER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FEE.
(a) In this section:
(1) "Fee" means the Managed Lands Deer Program
participation fee.
(2) "Program" means the Managed Lands Deer Program
described by 31 T.A.C. Section 65.29.
(b) The commission by rule may establish and provide for the
collection of a fee for each program participation option.
(c) Proceeds from a fee established under Subsection (b)
shall be deposited in the game, fish, and water safety account.
SECTION 2. Section 11.032(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the game,
fish, and water safety account all revenue, less allowable costs,
from the following sources:
(1) all types of fishing licenses and stamps and
shrimping licenses, except as provided by Section 77.120;
(2) all types of hunting licenses and stamps;
(3) trapping licenses and other licenses relating to
the taking, propagation, and sale of fur-bearing animals or their
pelts;
(4) sale of marl, sand, gravel, shell, and mudshell;
(5) oyster bed rentals and permits;
(6) federal funds received for fish and wildlife
research, management, development and conservation, resource
protection, and law enforcement, unless the funds are received for
the specific purposes of Subchapter F, Chapter 77;
(7) sale of property, less advertising costs,
purchased from this account or a special fund or account that is now
part of this account;
(8) fines and penalties collected for violations of a
law pertaining to the protection and conservation of wild birds,
wild fowl, wild animals, fish, shrimp, oysters, game birds and
animals, fur-bearing animals, alligators, and any other wildlife
resources of this state;
(9) sale of rough fish by the department;
(10) fees for importation permits;
(11) fees from supplying fish for or placing fish in
water located on private property;
(12) sale of seized pelts;
(13) sale or lease of grazing rights to and the
products from game preserves, sanctuaries, and management areas;
(14) contracts for the removal of fur-bearing animals
and reptiles from wildlife management areas;
(15) vessel registration fees;
(16) vessel manufacturer or dealer licensing fees;
(17) fines or penalties imposed by a court for
violation of water safety laws contained in Chapter 31 of this code;
(18) alligator hunter's or alligator buyer's licenses;
(19) sale of alligators or any part of an alligator by
the department;
(20) fees and revenue collected under Section
11.027(b) or (c) of this code that are associated with the
conservation of fish and wildlife;
(21) any other source provided by law; [and]
(22) vessel and outboard motor titling fees; and
(23) the Managed Lands Deer Program participation fee
collected under Section 12.028.
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, 2017.