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