H.B. No. 968
AN ACT
relating to the use of crossbows for hunting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.201(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), no person
may hunt deer, turkey, or javelina (collared peccary) during an
open archery season provided by law or by the proclamations of the
commission and during which season only crossbows, [used by hunters
with upper limb disabilities and] longbows, recurved bows, and
compound bows may be used unless the person has acquired an archery
hunting stamp issued to the person by the department. The
commission by rule may prescribe requirements relating to
possessing a stamp required by this subchapter. In a county that
does not permit hunting with a firearm, a hunter may use a crossbow
only if the hunter is a person with upper limb disabilities and has
an archery hunting stamp.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
proceeding regarding hunting with a crossbow that is pending or
filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 968 was passed by the House on March
26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 968 on May 14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 1
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 968 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 11, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor