Bill Text: TX SB722 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a fee for participation in the Managed Lands Deer Program of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB722 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB722-Comm_Sub.html
By: Perry | S.B. No. 722 | |
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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; [ |
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(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. |