BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1122 By: Hegar Natural Resources 10/12/2009 Enrolled AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT Currently, there is an exception to the record book requirement in Chapter 62 (Provisions Generally Applicable to Hunting), Parks and Wildlife Code, enacted by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, for private, noncommercial, family-owned facilities. S.B. 1122 amends current law relating to the requirement to keep records of game bird or animal carcasses placed in a cold storage or processing facility. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 42.001(8), Parks and Wildlife Code, to redefine "quartering." SECTION 2. Amends Section 62.029, Parks and Wildlife Code, by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (g), as follows: (a) Defines "carcass," "hunting lease," "private cold storage or processing facility," and "quartering." Makes a nonsubstantive change. (f) Provides that this section does not apply to a private, noncommercial, family-owned cold storage or processing facility unless the facility is located on a hunting lease and is made available to individuals other than the landowner, the landowner's nonpaying family members, or the landowner's nonpaying guests. (g) Provides that this section does not require the entry or maintenance of a record for the carcass of a deer or antelope that is properly tagged and is placed in a private cold storage or processing facility. SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 2009.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 1122
By: Hegar
Natural Resources
10/12/2009
Enrolled
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Currently, there is an exception to the record book requirement in Chapter 62 (Provisions Generally Applicable to Hunting), Parks and Wildlife Code, enacted by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, for private, noncommercial, family-owned facilities.
S.B. 1122 amends current law relating to the requirement to keep records of game bird or animal carcasses placed in a cold storage or processing facility.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 42.001(8), Parks and Wildlife Code, to redefine "quartering."
SECTION 2. Amends Section 62.029, Parks and Wildlife Code, by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (g), as follows:
(a) Defines "carcass," "hunting lease," "private cold storage or processing facility," and "quartering." Makes a nonsubstantive change.
(f) Provides that this section does not apply to a private, noncommercial, family-owned cold storage or processing facility unless the facility is located on a hunting lease and is made available to individuals other than the landowner, the landowner's nonpaying family members, or the landowner's nonpaying guests.
(g) Provides that this section does not require the entry or maintenance of a record for the carcass of a deer or antelope that is properly tagged and is placed in a private cold storage or processing facility.
SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective.
SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 2009.