| 1 | | - | By: Price, Martinez (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 1771 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 1, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 16, 2017, reported |
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| 5 | | - | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 16, 2017, |
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| 6 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1771 |
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| 11 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 5 | | relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the beds or banks of |
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| 13 | 6 | | the Canadian River in Potter County. |
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| 14 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Title 7, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 9 | | adding Chapter 287 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 10 | | CHAPTER 287. POTTER COUNTY |
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| 18 | 11 | | Sec. 287.001. DISCHARGE OF FIREARM PROHIBITED. (a) In this |
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| 19 | 12 | | section, "firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 62.014. |
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| 20 | 13 | | (b) This section applies only to the segment of the Canadian |
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| 21 | 14 | | River extending from the intersection of United States Highways 287 |
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| 22 | 15 | | and 87 and the Canadian River to: |
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| 23 | 16 | | (1) a point 1.2 miles west of the intersection, marked |
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| 24 | 17 | | by a structure serving as a railroad trestle; and |
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| 25 | 18 | | (2) a point 1.5 miles east of the intersection, where |
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| 26 | 19 | | the Canadian River enters the Lake Meredith National Recreational |
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| 27 | 20 | | Area. |
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| 28 | 21 | | (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person may not |
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| 29 | 22 | | discharge a firearm or shoot an arrow from any kind of bow if the |
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| 30 | 23 | | person is located in or on the bed or bank of the portion of the |
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| 31 | 24 | | Canadian River to which this chapter applies at the time the firearm |
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| 32 | 25 | | is discharged or the arrow is shot from the bow. |
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| 33 | 26 | | (d) This section does not apply to: |
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| 34 | 27 | | (1) an individual acting in the scope of the |
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| 35 | 28 | | individual's duties as a peace officer or department employee; or |
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| 36 | 29 | | (2) the discharge of a shotgun loaded with ammunition |
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| 37 | 30 | | that releases only shot when discharged. |
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| 38 | 31 | | (e) This section does not limit the ability of a license |
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| 39 | 32 | | holder to carry a concealed handgun under the authority of |
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| 40 | 33 | | Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code. |
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| 41 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1771 was passed by the House on April |
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| 38 | + | 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, 2 present, not |
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| 39 | + | voting. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1771 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 43 | + | 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | + | Date |
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| 48 | + | _____________________ |
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| 49 | + | Governor |
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