81R11499 SLB-D By: Thibaut H.B. No. 3617 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the approval of a biologist for a permit to trap, transport, and process deer. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended by adding Section 43.06125 to read as follows: Sec. 43.06125. BIOLOGIST'S APPROVAL FOR TRAP, TRANSPORT, AND PROCESS PERMIT. The commission shall adopt rules providing that a single approval by a biologist regarding the healthy medical condition of a group of deer covered by a trap, transport, and process permit remains in effect for that group of deer until: (1) the trap, transport, and process permit expires; or (2) all deer covered by the permit have been processed. SECTION 2. The Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules under Section 43.06125, Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2010. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.