85R8476 AAF-D By: Birdwell S.B. No. 708 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an exemption from numbering for certain vessels propelled by trolling motors. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 31.022(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) All canoes, kayaks, punts, rowboats, rubber rafts, or other vessels under 14 feet in length when paddled, poled, oared, [or] windblown, or propelled by an affixed electric trolling motor are exempt from the numbering provisions of this chapter. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.