By: Miller of Erath, Christian, Deshotel(Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 716
(Senate Sponsor - Fraser)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 6, 2011;
April 14, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources; May 4, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 4, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 716 By: Fraser
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the taking of certain feral hogs and coyotes using a
helicopter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 43.1075 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.1075. USING HELICOPTERS TO TAKE CERTAIN ANIMALS. A
qualified landowner or landowner's agent, as determined by
commission rule, may contract to participate as a hunter or
observer in using a helicopter to take depredating feral hogs or
coyotes under the authority of a permit issued under this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules as
necessary to implement Section 43.1075, Parks and Wildlife Code, as
added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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