By: Truitt (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 693
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 30, 2009;
April 24, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 7, 2009, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 7, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the structural pest control license
requirement for certain falconers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1951, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1951.057 to read as follows:
Sec. 1951.057. FALCONERS. (a) This chapter does not apply
to a person engaged in falconry, as defined by Section 49.001, Parks
and Wildlife Code, who:
(1) is the holder of a falconer's permit as provided by
Chapter 49, Parks and Wildlife Code; and
(2) uses a raptor to control or relocate other birds.
(b) A person described by Subsection (a) is not considered
to be engaged in the business of structural pest control.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.
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