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2		-	By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1891
	1	+	H.B. No. 1891
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
8	6		of Texas hunting certain deer.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. Section 42.001(1), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
11	9		amended to read as follows:
12	10		(1) "Resident" means:
13	11		(A) an individual who has resided continuously in
14	12		this state for more than six months immediately before applying for
15	13		a hunting license;
16	14		(B) a member of the United States armed forces on
17	15		active duty;
18	16		(C) a dependent of a member of the United States
19	17		armed forces on active duty;
20	18		(D) if approved by the director, a terminally ill
21	19		individual who is participating in an event sponsored by a
22	20		charitable nonprofit organization; [or]
23	21		(E) a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
24	22		Texas who possesses documentation of membership sanctioned by the
25	23		Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
26	24		(F) a member of any other category of individuals
27	25		that the commission by regulation designates as residents.
28	26		SECTION 2. Section 61.021, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
29	27		amended to read as follows:
30	28		Sec. 61.021. TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROHIBITED. (a)
31	29		Except as provided by Subsection (b) or permitted under a
32	30		proclamation issued by the commission under this chapter, no person
33	31		may hunt, catch, or possess a game bird or game animal, fish, marine
34	32		animal, or other aquatic life at any time or in any place covered by
35	33		this chapter.
36	34		(b) A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
37	35		Texas who holds a license under Section 42.002 may hunt antlerless
38	36		white-tailed deer for religious ceremonial purposes on any day of
39	37		the year between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour
40	38		after sunset. A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional
41	39		Tribe of Texas hunting antlerless white-tailed deer under this
42		-	subsection shall:
43		-	(1) comply with all other provisions of this code and
44		-	proclamations adopted under this code; and
45		-	(2) notify a local game warden, deputy game warden, or
46		-	special game warden at least 24 hours before hunting antlerless
47		-	white-tailed deer at a time of the year when a person who holds a
48		-	license under Section 42.002 but who is not a documented member of
49		-	the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas may not hunt antlerless
50		-	white-tailed deer.
	40	+	subsection:
	41	+	(1) shall comply with all other provisions of this
	42	+	code and proclamations adopted under this code;
	43	+	(2) shall notify:
	44	+	(A) a local game warden at least 24 hours before
	45	+	hunting antlerless white-tailed deer at a time of the year when a
	46	+	person who holds a license under Section 42.002 but who is not a
	47	+	documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas may
	48	+	not hunt antlerless white-tailed deer; and
	49	+	(B) the department not later than September 1 of
	50	+	each year of the member's intent to hunt antlerless white-tailed
	51	+	deer for the following calendar year;
	52	+	(3) may not hunt antlerless white-tailed deer outside
	53	+	an open hunting season in a chronic wasting disease containment or
	54	+	surveillance zone, as determined by the department; and
	55	+	(4) may not receive a pecuniary gain from an action
	56	+	taken under this subsection.
	57	+	(c) Subsection (b) applies only to hunting on land that is:
	58	+	(1) owned or leased by the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
	59	+	of Texas; and
	60	+	(2) located in a county that:
	61	+	(A) borders the United Mexican States and has a
	62	+	population of more than 50,000 but less than 70,000; or
	63	+	(B) is adjacent to a county described by
	64	+	Paragraph (A) and has a population of less than 9,000.
51	65		SECTION 3. Section 61.057(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
52	66		amended to read as follows:
53	67		(a) Except as provided by Section 61.021 and [in] Subsection
54	68		(c) [of this section], no person may hunt an antlerless deer or
55	69		antelope in this state without first having acquired an antlerless
56	70		deer or antelope permit issued by the department on a form provided
57	71		by the department.
58	72		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	73		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	74		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	75		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	76		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	77	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	78	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	79	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1891 was passed by the House on May 6,
	80	+	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	81	+	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	82	+	No. 1891 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0,
	83	+	2 present, not voting.
	84	+	______________________________
	85	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	86	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1891 was passed by the Senate, with
	87	+	amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
	88	+	2.
	89	+	______________________________
	90	+	Secretary of the Senate
	91	+	APPROVED: __________________
	92	+	Date
	93	+	__________________
	94	+	Governor