2009S0699-1 03/12/09
By: Harris S.B. No. 2172
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to proof of title to breeding deer for certain purposes of
deer breeding operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 43.024, Parks and
Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subchapter L, all [All] protected
wildlife collected and subsequently held under this subchapter or
rules adopted under this subchapter remain the property of the
state and shall be relinquished to the department or an agent of the
department on demand or otherwise disposed of in a manner
prescribed by the department.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 43.3561, Agriculture
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.3561. IDENTIFICATION OF BREEDER DEER; TITLE FOR
CERTAIN PURPOSES.
SECTION 3. Section 43.3561, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(d) The deer breeder holding a breeder deer under a deer
breeder's permit issued by the department under this subchapter has
title to the deer only for the following purposes:
(1) to participate in an indemnity program offered by
the United States Department of Agriculture; and
(2) to allow for the passage of title to the deer on
the death of the deer breeder or on the sale, transfer, barter, or
exchange of a breeder deer.
(e) The tag or any written or photocopied document of any
nature containing the alphanumeric number described by Subsection
(a) may serve as proof of title to a breeder deer for purposes of
Subsection (d).
(f) Subsection (d) does not alter the authority of the
department over breeder deer.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.