84R2477 SGA-D
By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 4064
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions applicable to young hunters of
white-tailed deer during a special open season.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 62.0165 to read as follows:
Sec. 62.0165. HUNTING OF WHITE-TAILED DEER DURING YOUTH
WEEKEND. (a) If the commission provides a special two-day weekend
open season under Section 61.058(a), the commission shall for that
weekend only:
(1) suspend for white-tailed deer hunting any county
or regional special antler restrictions regarding an inside spread
measurement between the main beams of 13 inches or more; and
(2) establish a bag limit of one white-tailed deer per
hunter.
(b) To the extent of any conflict with Subsection (a), a
hunting restriction imposed by a landowner who allows hunting on
the landowner's private property prevails.
SECTION 2. The Parks and Wildlife Commission shall adopt or
amend rules applicable to youth hunting of white-tailed deer to
comply with Section 62.0165, Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by
this Act, as soon as possible, with the goal of having the new rules
in place for the youth hunting weekend that is traditionally held
before the start of the regular open season for white-tailed deer.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.