| 1 | 1 | | 81R8752 SLB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Harris S.B. No. 1582 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the criminal penalty for capturing, transporting, or |
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| 8 | 8 | | transplanting white-tailed or mule deer without a permit. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 43.062, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 43.062. PENALTIES [PENALTY]. (a) Except as provided |
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| 13 | 13 | | by Subsection (b), a [A] person who violates any provision of this |
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| 14 | 14 | | subchapter or the terms of a permit issued under this subchapter |
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| 15 | 15 | | commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code |
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| 16 | 16 | | misdemeanor. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) A person who violates Section 43.061(a) by |
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| 18 | 18 | | intentionally capturing, transporting, or transplanting a |
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| 19 | 19 | | white-tailed or mule deer without obtaining the required permit or |
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| 20 | 20 | | by intentionally violating one or more terms of the permit commits |
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| 21 | 21 | | an offense that is a Parks and Wildlife Code state jail felony. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The changes in the law made by this Act apply |
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| 23 | 23 | | only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before |
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| 25 | 25 | | the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
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| 26 | 26 | | before that date. An offense committed before the effective date of |
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| 27 | 27 | | this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was |
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| 28 | 28 | | committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 29 | 29 | | purpose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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